The prince looked at the retreating back of the loyal king Li Heng and muttered: "This little turtle is finally willing to run out."
Li Siye was speechless. Your Highness, would you like to comment on your younger brother like this?
He asked with some curiosity: "I really didn't expect that it would be King Zhong who came forward to introduce you."
Li Ying also thought about it in a daze, and suddenly said: "It must be my father's intention to introduce you to Anxi."
Li Siye was startled: "Why do you say that?"
Li Ying pointed at Li Heng, who had disappeared in the distance, and said: "This person is the most timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Except for taking the initiative to do things for His Majesty, which he can't shirk, he shirks everything else. He is afraid that others will say that he is in cahoots with others and get himself into trouble."
To the point where we don’t even have an alliance.”
Li Siye said silently in his heart: "Your Highness, this is the state I want you to achieve."
"Alright, Li Siye, please take care of the errands in the East Palace and go home to rest for a few days."
"So soon, Your Highness, are you going to drive me away?" Li Siye's eyes showed an expression of extreme reluctance.
"Well, yes, with your talents, staying in the East Palace now is not good for you and me. When you become famous in Anxi in the future, I will almost... By then, I will still reuse you..."
Li Siye turned around reluctantly, but the prince suddenly said from behind: "Li Siye, have you already known about going to Anxi?"
Well, there was no need to pretend anymore. He had no choice but to turn around, nodded and said, "Yes, Gao Gong once went to find me."
"Okay, you don't have to say anything, just hand it over as soon as possible."
…
Li Siye stood in the armor store. The surrounding officers of Zhou Cao began to take off the cloth armor on his body and took off the silver tassels on his trouser belt. Li Siye was about to take off his shoes when Zhou Cao joined the army and waved his hand and said:
"You don't need to take off your shoes. This is not unique to the East Palace."
He went to the armory and handed back the Hengdao with its gold scabbard. Bingcao Canjun took the Hengdao, but pulled out a very ordinary barrier knife from another shelf, handed it to Li Siye with both hands and said: "
We will take back the Hengdao and give you this barrier knife as a gift from the Nei Lv Mansion."
Although the Neizui Mansion took back the cloth back armor, the blue crotch-less robe remained, and he wore it back to his home in Xuanyangfang.
He walked to the door of the yard, stretched out his hands lazily and said, "Without an official, I feel light."
Li Mei'er was aiming around the yard with her slingshot. Suddenly she caught sight of her brother's face, and reluctantly put it down.
Li Siye lowered his head and touched Mei'er's hair. He was about to go to Anxi. Naturally, Meier couldn't be taken with him. He was only a seventh-grade official now. Even if he was transferred there, he could only be a brigade leader. It was a long journey to Anxi.
She, a girl, would naturally not be able to bear the hardships of trekking, eating and sleeping in the open. Even if she reached the border, she would still have to fight back and forth, so there would be no time to take care of her eight or nine-year-old child.
He thought about it for a long time and finally made the decision to entrust Meier to the care of his friend Zhang Xiaojing first, and then take Meier to Anxi after he made meritorious service and was promoted in Anxi.
This is the only decision I can make at the moment.
He squatted down and said to Li Mei'er: "Mei'er, I have something to discuss with you. Brother is going to the Western Regions..."
Li Meier opened her throat and burst into tears. Li Siye tried to persuade her for a long time before he could stop her.
He invited Zhang Xiaojing over again and asked him to help take care of his sister. The old maid who served at home still stayed. Li Siye handed over tens of thousands of dollars to Zhang Xiaojing and asked him to be responsible for the expenses of the Xuanyangfang house for several years.
In the afternoon, Liu Ziwu, Teng Mu and others from the prince's palace came to the door. They heard that Li Siye had left the East Palace and was preparing to go to Anxi, so they took the initiative to come to meet him.
The venue for the reception was in Pingkangfang, with a beautiful singer accompanying the banquet. The top performer in the building, Xi Jiu, began to come up with all kinds of tricky and weird couplets for the reception. The literary accomplishments of everyone present were generally high, and only Li Siye was a
A semi-illiterate who only knows how to box. So he often fails to answer the questions and is forced to drink as punishment.
Halfway through the banquet, the door to the room was suddenly opened, and a strange man suddenly burst in, holding a sharp meat-picking knife in his hand.
Everyone present was the prince Qian Niu. How could they be afraid of a reckless man who suddenly broke in? They all stood up from the ground and drew out the barrier swords at their waists.
The man holding the sharp knife was frightened at first, then he took a deep breath to gain courage, raised the sharp knife in his hand and shouted to everyone: "I am here today to find Li Siye himself, and it has nothing to do with other people!"
It happened that at this time, Li Siye was sitting on the ground holding a wine cup. Others had drawn out their knives. He was drinking with his neck raised like a normal person. When he heard someone calling his name, he raised his head in surprise.
Everyone who drew their swords turned back to look at Li Siye, wondering when this guy had made enemies.
He couldn't figure it out himself. He didn't know this man at all, so he had to ask: "This good man, do you know me? I don't even know you, what do you want from me?"
The man nervously looked at everyone present. How could he tell such a scandal about his family in front of so many people? On impulse, he picked up a knife and came to settle the score with Li Siye. He followed him all the way during the day and finally found an opportunity.
He rushed in and unexpectedly broke into a den of thieves.
"Nonsense, I just have a grudge against you, why did you let you live in Xuanyangfang!"
"Oh." Li Siye understood somewhat and asked, "Are you Madam Xu's husband?"
Everyone suddenly understood and made meaningful noises. Half of them cast their disgusted eyes on Li Siye, and half of them cast their sympathetic eyes on the man.
"No, no, I'm not!" The man covered his face in annoyance, or felt that he was trying to deceive others, so he simply grabbed the sharp knife with both hands and said bitterly: "Li Siye, today there is you without me, there is me without you.
!I want to wash away my shame."
Li Siye was not moved at all, and sighed helplessly and said: "You shouldn't come to me in front of so many people. You should take advantage of the fact that we are alone when I am alone, so that I can explain to you.
This situation is damaging to both your and my reputation."
Mrs. Xu’s husband nodded smoothly: “That makes sense!”
"No!" He clenched the sharp knife in his hand again: "You can do such a shameless thing, and why are you afraid of damaging your reputation?"
Li Siye shook his head and asked, "What did I do? I didn't do anything."
"Don't you dare deny it? Do you dare to take it seriously? You went to my house next door on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. You know what you did."
"Oh," Liu Ziwu, Teng Mu and others suddenly realized that no wonder he didn't go to Pingkangfang for drinking when they asked him to. It turned out to be a private wine shop waiting for the beauties of the night.
Li Siye slapped his forehead in annoyance. He should have refused Madam Xu's invitation on the spot, so that he wouldn't be misunderstood now. Madam Xu is the same. If you can't do a good job of keeping secrets, don't provoke other men.
If I don't eat fox now, I'll be in trouble.
He said to the man sincerely: "Whether you believe it or not, I have never touched your wife, not even a finger."
"Nonsense! You were already drinking at my house! How could you not..."
Li Siye raised one hand and said: "I swear to God, I went to your house to drink. She said she was alone at home and felt lonely and cold, so she insisted on dragging me there, but I was just drinking. Other than that, she said she was alone at home and felt lonely and cold.
I haven't touched a hair on her face."
The man still didn't believe it. Maybe in his eyes, Madam Xu was very attractive and he thought that no man would not be attracted to her.
Li Siye had his own explanation: "I am an official of the imperial court, and I have reached the seventh rank at such a young age. How can a young man with a promising future like me care so little about that yellow-faced woman of your family?"
The man was angry for a moment, and Li Siye waved his hand quickly: "What I said doesn't sound nice, but it's the truth. I am a clean and self-sufficient person and will never get involved with others. Moreover, I am already preparing to go to Anxi. Isn't this what they are doing for me?
Farewell banquet."
"Really?" Seeing Li Siye speaking so sincerely, the doubts in the man's heart disappeared.
Li Siye waved to him: "Since you're here, let's sit down and have a glass of wine. In fact, you shouldn't be a businessman. What's the use of making so much money? Leaving your wife to guard an empty house at home. You have been running for so many years, and you can't do it."
You must have made a lot of money, so why can't you buy a property in the West City where you can leave early and come home late, and the couple can live a happy life? This is the real life."
The man raised his neck and took a sip of wine. Then he turned his head and saw Li Siye's shoulder. He reached out and picked up a long hair from above.
"What's this?"
The atmosphere froze for just a second. Someone was about to reach for the knife from his waist. Li Siye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is my own hair. What's the problem?"
There was indeed no problem. The man drank two glasses of wine, got up and left the cubicle.
Li Siye and others also finished the banquet and left the brothel before it got dark and the curfew started.
…
On the edge of the alley in Zhongqu, Pingkangli, there is a two-story attic facing the street. There are tables and banquets on the attic. Feng Dalun is kneeling in front of the window, leaning out his upper body from the window, pointing at the crowd gathered around him.
The big man Li Siye said: "This person is your target this time, Li Siye."
"This Li Siye offended Yang's consort twice and offended the empress in the palace. If he stayed in Chang'an City, naturally no one would dare to touch him, but now there is a good opportunity. The Anxi Protector came to the capital to express his merits. Someone will
Recommend him to Laiyao, and he will follow Laiyao's guard to Anxi. As soon as he leaves Chang'an, you will look for opportunities to attack."
In the darkness of the attic, four warriors in tattered clothes were sitting. On the table in front of them were weapons, including several shining horizontal knives.
Feng Dalun continued: "Don't take it lightly. He has some skills and has served as a prince's internal leader."
One of them sneered and said: "This kind of chick has never been on the battlefield, no matter how good his kung fu is, it will be useless. The real means of fighting cannot be counteracted by this kind of fancy fists and embroidered legs. However, he is following Lai Yaodu Protector
Among the personal guards who came to Yao, there are veterans who fought in Anxi border town. If he follows these people, we will not be able to attack him."
Feng Dalun watched with twisted cheeks as Li Siye disappeared at the end of the winding alley, then he closed the window and turned around and said, "You don't have to worry about this. Someone will secretly make him fall behind. Just kill the lone lamb."