The brothers reunited after a long absence, and just one eye contact was a familiar heart-to-heart photo. When we meet and smile, it is like opening a jar of old wine, which is full of aroma and mellow fragrance.

Both of them were very excited, looked at each other and smiled, and after a long time, Li Su punched him hard.

"Although it's uglier than before, it's much stronger, and it's a lot better, which is good!"

Wang Zhu laughed and said: "It's not just the figure, my heart and eyes have awakened a lot, back then you always gave me a two-digit addition and subtraction, I always couldn't answer, now you have a question, let you see what is called 'without thinking', cough, only two-digit ah......"

Li Su's smile was a little stiff, he sighed, and muttered: "I can hear from your words, what misunderstanding do you have about the word 'growth'......"

The two sat down, and Li Daozheng knew that the two brothers must have a lot to say when they reunited, so he smiled and said hello and left.

Only Li Su and Wang Zhu were left in the front hall, and after a while, the maids served wine and food, and Li Su toasted to Wang Zhu and drank a cup happily.

It was only at this time that Li Su began to look at Wang Zhu carefully.

Wang Zhu is indeed much stronger, his complexion is darker than before, his chin has a shallow black beard, his eyes are much sharper than before, and he sits in the front hall without moving, but exudes a faint majesty.

Li Su raised his eyebrows: "From the domineering aura you exude now, I can guess that you have been promoted?" ”

Wang Zhu grinned: "Haha, half a year ago, General Hou promoted me to the rank of Lieutenant of Zhichong, and I am in charge of 1,200 people, so I can barely be regarded as an official." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Congratulations, congratulations, it seems that you have made a lot of contributions in the Western Regions in the past two years, otherwise you would not have been promoted so quickly, tell me first, how is General Hou's Western Expedition?" ”

Wang Zhu showed a happy look, and said: "The battle situation is very smooth, half a year ago, the capital of Yanqi has been broken by our army, the lord of the country Dragon Tuqi Cavalry fled north, the countries of the Western Regions were shocked after hearing the news, and they all declared themselves vassals to my western expedition, and the western expedition was decided. ”

Li Su was overjoyed: "It's good news, for Your Majesty, this news is very timely, at least it can share the discussion of the world's gate valves and scholars." ”

After a pause, Li Su said again: "In the battle of Yanqi, you have made a lot of contributions, right?" Tell me more about it. ”

Wang Zhu said with a smile: "The credit is not big or small, in the past two years, I have fought more than ten times with Yanqi, large and small, and the Western Turks have also fought a few times, I heard that our army conquered Yanqi, and the Western Turks couldn't sit still, mobilized 10,000 troops from various tribes, and wanted to compete with my Wang Division for the lord of the Western Regions, and was later beaten back by General Hou. ”

Li Su smacked his lips and said, "That's not right, if you were promoted to the rank of commander just because you killed 100 enemies, it can't be justified, right?" General Hou is notoriously strict and fair in governing the army, and your merits are not enough to promote such a big official......"

Wang Zhu blinked: "Didn't I tell you just now?" cough, I really forgot, what, killing 100 enemies is a trivial matter, and after breaking through Yanqi City, I was confused...... Captured the dragon turquoise cavalry of the Yanqi Kingdom, this credit seems to be a little bit bigger than killing a hundred enemies......"

Li Su was taken aback: "I forced you to give you eighty-two points ......, and you actually captured the lord of Yanqi alive?" ”

Wang Zhu looked smug and pretended to be reserved and nodded: "It's just a little end, haha, it's just a little end." ”

Li Su lowered his face coldly: "If you look like you are beaten again, I will let the subordinates throw you out, don't blame me for hurting your face in front of your generals." ”

Wang Zhu immediately restored his stupid and coarse image: "The Dragon Assault Cavalry Branch was indeed captured alive by me." ”

"Tell me more."

"Half a year ago, General Hou broke through the city of Yanqi, the lord of the country Dragon Turf Cavalry led a team of guards to escape before breaking the city, General Hou was furious, after consulting with the generals, he thought that he would go north to the West Turks, so he ordered to send three thousand soldiers and horses to pursue in three ways, I was just a team with the title of lieutenant, more than 100 brothers, we were ordered to cross the desert from the east road to the north to pursue the Dragon Turf Cavalry, but later encountered a big storm in the desert, after the storm, his brothers broke more than a dozen, We also lost a lot of food, grass and water, and to make it worse, we lost our way in the desert......"

Wang Zhu showed a bitter smile: "You and I have crossed the desert, you should know that getting lost in the desert is simply stepping into the ghost gate, at that time I and my brothers were anxious, everyone asked me what to do, how can I know what to do if I don't know how to do the geography and climate of the desert?" In the end, I was urged by my brothers, so I turned my heart sideways, closed my eyes and circled in place, and when I stopped, I pointed wherever I went, and this witty method immediately won the applause of my brothers......"

Li Su: "............"

"Later, I chose a direction randomly, led the brothers forward, walked for four or five days, the food, grass and drinking water were almost exhausted, and the brothers were about to despair, but inexplicably met the dragon rider and a dozen of his guards, you don't know the scene at that time, we and the dragon rider suddenly encountered in the desert, both groups of people were stupid, the dragon rider couldn't believe it, we couldn't believe it, the two groups of people were only dozens of steps apart, just stared at each other, stunned for a long time, until the dragon rider knelt in the sand with a desperate face, Only then did we react, and happily took the guards who had killed him, received their food, grass and water, tied up the dragon cavalry, and tortured him, and after forcing him to find out the correct direction in the desert, we rushed back to General Hou's camp......"

Wang Zhu grinned and said: "General Hou is very happy, and he promoted me to the rank of lieutenant on the spot, think about it carefully, I also feel that I am blessed with a great life, and I lost my way in the desert not only did not die, but picked up a great credit in vain, as if God arranged for the dragon to wait for me in the desert, just wait for me to meet him and bring him back, it is completely effortless, well, even the food and water for the return trip have been prepared for me, haha......"

Li Su was speechless......

This misfortune, in addition to the words "blessed and fateful", it is really impossible to describe it in other words, is this the saying "foolish people have foolish blessings"?

"You ......" Li Su was silent for a long time, and stopped talking.

Wang Zhu leaned over his face: "What do you want to say?" ”

Li Su pondered for a moment and sighed: "When you are free, find a few temples and Taoist temples to worship more, no matter who you worship, it is always right to worship more anyway, you will count on the blessing of the gods and Buddhas in your life......"

Wang Zhu thought thoughtfully and nodded: "Yes, I will go to worship tomorrow, by the way, is Her Royal Highness Princess Dongyang still opening a Taoist temple?" Fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and Ming first donated a few sesame oil money to Her Royal Highness the princess. ”

Li Su sighed: "I haven't seen you for two years, and you still speak with an authentic bastard smell, which feels so kind...... With your IQ, don't go to the Taoist temple that harms the princess tomorrow, and change to another Taoist temple. ”

Wang Zhuhan smiled and nodded: "Okay, change the family, Her Royal Highness the princess can't afford to provoke the Taoist temple, and the Taoist monarch won't blame if he says the wrong thing, and the princess is afraid that she won't be able to spare me." ”

The two of them raised their glasses, drank another full glass, Wang Zhu wiped the wine stains hanging on the short beard, and said with a smile: "I heard about you when I entered the Yumen Pass, last year, Your Majesty went east, I heard that you have made a lot of contributions, and you have given our Tang Dynasty a long face, seeing that you are not far from the Guogong, right?" ”

Li Su's eyes flashed, and he shook his head: "Don't talk about this, you drink less, drink two more sips and go home quickly, your father and aunt are eager to see through, you haven't had the heart to drink with me, I haven't seen you for two years, your virtue still makes people want to smoke you......"

Wang Zhu is also a cheerful person, after hearing this, he took a big sip of the cup, wiped his mouth vigorously, stood up and patted his buttocks, burped a long wine, and said: "Okay, let's go, go back and kowtow to my father, I haven't seen my mother-in-law for two years, I miss her, come eight times tonight, it's best to give me a ...... to conceive."

Li Su's face suddenly darkened, and he said with a gloomy expression: "Don't you brag that you will die?" Get lost! Keep rolling! ”

Wang Zhu laughed, squeezed his eyes at Li Su, showed a mysterious smile that all men understand, and then strode out of the front hall, beckoning more than a dozen guards waiting in the front yard to go out.

Looking at Wang Zhuan's back, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Su's mouth.

Brother reunion, in fact, there is a lot to say, but tonight is obviously not appropriate, the first thing to go home should be to worship my father and mother first, since I have returned home, brothers have a lot of time to get together in the future.

After Wang Zhu left, it was late at night, but Li Su couldn't sleep anymore.

Looking up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, Li Su stood in the front yard with his hands in his hands, and fell into deep thought.

After returning to Chang'an from the Eastern Expedition, Li Shimin's body became worse and worse, and it was only 19 years since he was chaste this year, because of the arrival of Li Su, which more or less changed the trajectory of history.

Next, Li Zhi should take the throne, the new monarch ascends the throne, and the court is a new atmosphere, of course, there will be some new troubles, or enemies, the eldest grandson Wuji, the Wu family, some unwilling to lie dormant in the door valve family, etc., thinking of the enemies that may be faced in the future, Li Su couldn't help but feel a deep exhaustion.

It has been ten years since he entered the court, and in the past ten years, Li Su has not many enemies, but his power is greater than the other, he has been an official for ten years, and he has been fighting with people for ten years, and he may continue to fight in the future, is his life spent in this kind of life and death struggle again and again?

Li Su's values are different from others, he likes to be quiet and peaceful, if his life is mired in endless struggles, what is the meaning of such a life to him?

"I really want to think about saying goodbye to my old man and returning to my hometown......" Looking up at the bright moon in the night sky, Li Su muttered to himself.

As for Li Shimin's intention to be the prime minister of the new dynasty...... I'm sorry, but I can't think about it as a treasurer.

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When it was almost dawn, Li Su barely fell asleep, and slept until three o'clock in the morning, Wang Zhu's loud voice echoed in the front yard, and Li Su was finally woken up.

"This killing! Why didn't his mother-in-law squeeze him dry last night? Li Su got up angry and scolded hatefully.

Li Su, who was full of anger, hurriedly dressed and came to the front hall, Wang Zhu was sitting in the courtyard and boasted to Fang Lao Wu and these troops about their achievements in sweeping the Western Regions, when Li Su came, Wang Zhu was talking about fighting three thousand enemy troops alone, and beat the enemy army to the ground, blowing his eyebrows and dancing and foaming, but unfortunately he chose the wrong object, Fang Lao Wu These troops are veterans of the rest of a hundred battles, what is the scene on the battlefield, they even know better than Wang Zhu, Wang Zhu's stinky and shameless boasting only attracted Fang Lao Wu and others to snicker, And then very politely perfunctory.

Li Su sighed and stepped forward to kick Wang Zhuan's ass fiercely.

"Don't be embarrassed in my house, can you make a face? I am ashamed of you...... By the way, 'self-esteem without land' is an idiom, which means very humiliating, remember it well, this is a knowledge point. ”

Wang Zhuan, who was punctured in the cowhide, was not angry, he smiled and shut up, but suddenly there was a sneering laughter behind him, Li Su turned his head and saw that Wang Zhi was also there.

Seeing Li Su looking at him, Wang Zhi smiled and said, "I only learned the news of my brother's return this morning, and I hurriedly rushed back from Chang'an City." ”

Li Su nodded, looked at Wang Zhu again, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Wang Zhu, what's wrong with your face?" Li Su was surprised.

At this time, Wang Zhuan's face was blue and purple, the corners of his mouth were swollen and high, and one eye socket was also black.

Wang Zhuan's old face was hot, and he pretended to brush his hair in a chic manner, and said, "The road home last night was too dark, and I accidentally fell into the ditch......"

Li Su said unrelentingly: "No, it is impossible to be so seriously injured in the ditch, and the scars are distributed evenly and reasonably...... In the ditch you fell into lies your enemy? ”

Wang Zhuan's originally swarthy face became darker and shinier, like shoe polish.

"That ditch is mysterious...... "Wang Zhu is still stiff-mouthed.

Wang Zhi couldn't help laughing: "Yes, it's so mysterious that even Wang Duwei, who fought alone with 3,000 people, can't be provoked, can't be provoked, can't be provoked......"

Before he finished speaking, the annoyed and angry Wang Zhu flew up and kicked the king straight away.

Fang Lao Wu and the other subordinates couldn't help it at this time, they greeted and retreated indiscriminately, and a group of people hid outside the door, and their unbridled laughter soon came from outside the door.

Wang Zhu suddenly showed a look of shame, and Li Su calmly mended the knife: "They are laughing at you......"

"I know." Wang Zhu said sullenly.

"Their laughter was full of mockery and hurt their self-esteem...... Li Su continued.

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Wang Zhuan, who had an ugly face, gritted his teeth fiercely and said: "They are all their own brothers, there is no shame in saying it, after I went home last night, my mother-in-law and aunt met with a punch, it was too despicable, I did it without saying hello, and I was not so unparticular on the battlefield!" ”

Li Su said: "So, when you got home, you tasted the familiar taste of being beaten?" Hey, didn't you say last night that you would pick three or five aunts like her? ”

Wang Zhu froze for a moment, and then sighed gloomily: "I didn't expect to see each other for two years, Aunt Gua's skills have become more and more sophisticated, and she struggled to resist last night, but after all, her skills are still inferior, and in the end, she was defeated, and she was put on the ground, and she was ......beaten violently."

Looking up at the sky sadly, Wang Zhuan's cheeks twitched: "I won't tell you, I wanted to leave as soon as I got home last night, and I didn't feel so aggrieved when I was stabbed by the enemy on the battlefield......"

Li Su looked at him sympathetically: "So, last night you were in high spirits and said that you came with your aunt eight times......"

"Eight times, she punched me eight times......"

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On the mountainside of an unnamed mountain outside Taiping Village, Li Su sat in the shade of a tree and looked at the sky speechlessly, Wang Zhi stepped on the shoulders of Wang Zhuan with both feet, and the two were digging out the bird's nest on the tree.

Many years have passed, Li Su is already a high-powered county prince, Wang Zhu is not too big or small, he is a general, Wang Zhi has become the leader of the fox society in Chang'an City, the three of them are like this, but they are climbing trees and digging birds' nests......

How to describe this behavior? It's a bit disgusting to say that you are still childlike, how can you say it? May you go away for half your life and return still mentally retarded.

"Okay, okay, let's accumulate some virtue, the bird didn't provoke you, why bother with it? I can't beat my mother-in-law, but I am full of courage to bully the birds, and I have a posture of destroying people. ”

One sentence immediately made Wang Zhuan excited, and the two brothers immediately stopped this boring action.

The three of them sat side by side, and Wang Zhu looked at the quiet and tranquil Taiping Village at the foot of the mountain, and couldn't help but exhale comfortably.

"It's still good at home, good mountains, good water, even the bird's nest is kind, except for the invincible Aunt Gua Po at home, everything is good."

Li Sudao: "This time you came back to report to Chang'an?" ”

Wang Zhu nodded: "Yes, General Hou ordered me to go back to Chang'an, report the battle situation in the Western Regions to the Ministry of War in detail, and stay in Chang'an after the report, but I plan to go to the Western Regions after recuperating at home for two months. ”

"In this battle against Yanqi, General Hou didn't make the same mistakes, right? For example, slaughtering cities and looting or something. ”

Wang Zhu shook his head: "No, I have suffered a big loss, General Hou has also learned a lesson, the slaughter of the city did happen, but it was not after the surrender of the people, so after the destruction of the Yanqi capital, General Hou ordered the slaughter of the city for three days, this is not against the law, the Tang Dynasty Wangshi's expedition to foreign countries is this rule." ”

Li Su nodded: "That's good, what does General Hou think next?" The war is over, and it's time for him to return to the DPRK, right? ”

Wang Zhu thought for a while and said: "Before leaving the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, I saw what General Hou meant, it seems that he does not want to return to Chang'an, and intends to ask Chang'an to guard the Western Regions and guard the Silk Road for the imperial court. ”

Li Su was stunned for a moment, and then said slowly: "That's fine, Chang'an is stormy, but it's safe outside." ”

Wang Zhu pondered for a moment and said: "Li Su, I have followed General Hou for the past two years, and he has told me a lot of things, especially why did you put me under General Hou, you ......"

Seeing that Wang Zhu's expression was about to stop talking, Li Su suddenly smiled: "You can say whatever you want, we grew up together since childhood, and we are still afraid of taboos in front of me?" ”

Wang Zhu also smiled, and then his expression was solemn, and he said: "Listen to the meaning of the general's words, do you want the general to cultivate and promote me, so that I can hold the power in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate?" ”

Li Su smiled: "Yes, I do mean this." ”

Wang Zhune said: "What about after mastering the power? No matter how much power I wield in the Anzai Metropolitan Protectorate, it doesn't seem to be of any help to you, right? After all, the two places are thousands of miles apart, and even if there is something, I can't reach it......"

Li Su was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "When I am in Chang'an, I don't need you to do anything for me, take your soldiers well and maintain the peace of the border, this is the great righteousness of the country, and I can't slack off at any time, but if I have a life-threatening danger in Chang'an one day, and this crisis is something I can't solve, then you are the last retreat for me and my family, understand?" ”