Seeing the lineup of his team outside the city gate, Murong Bo was very surprised, he was just a small county king, Tuyuhun was not the strongest among the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty supervisor personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him, this kind of specification really gave him a lot of face.

He has always heard Murong Ling say how important Li You's status in the Tang Dynasty is, and he always feels that she is touting her husband, and now it seems that his brother-in-law does have a very high status in the Tang Dynasty. I'm just stained with this brother-in-law's light.

It wasn't just Murong Bo who was pleasantly surprised, Li You was even more surprised when he saw the people behind him.

"Lord, Your Highness, husband."

With a kind and pleasant voice, the delicate faces of Murong Ling, A Shi Naqing and Wu Xu appeared in front of Li You's eyes. After being separated for so long, these women really miss their husbands. Murong Ling not only accompanied Murong Bo to Chang'an, but Shi Naqing and Wu Xu also came back with their children.

Xiao Wanyu and Reina, who came to greet Li You with them, also stepped forward to greet them warmly.

Northwest Palace.

"Li You." Murong Bo still called Li You's name as he did when he was in Tuyuhun.

He said a little self-deprecatingly: "We are poor in Tugu, so we didn't bring you any valuable gifts, can you look at this gift list?" ”

Murong Ling hurriedly played a round for him, and she said to Li You: "Husband, my brother has brought you some good things." ”

As she spoke, she took out a gift slip from her pocket and said, "I'll read it to you: 300 catties of Tuyuhun's specialty Yellow River catfish are all frozen with ice cubes, and they are all fresh." There are also Qinghai Huangyu, Kunlun rhubarb, cordyceps wine, Huangyuan aged vinegar, as well as 5 Datong yaks, and some other ingredients. These are carefully selected by my brother for you. ”

Pei Dilan, who was accompanying her, had always been provided by Li You for her consumption in Chang'an, and she was a little embarrassed. At this time, he saw that the gift sent by Murong Bo was nothing more than that, and his heart was somewhat balanced.

I heard Li You say: "Haha, Brother Murong still understands me, these are all good things!" Thank you. ”

He immediately ordered Wang Liao and others to prepare lunch, and ate Tuyuhun flavor meals at noon.

Pei Dilan said in his heart: "Li You's name as a foodie is really worthy of his reputation, this guy has money and doesn't lack anything, so it's good for food, so I'll send a telegram to Damascus and ask me to prepare some local special ingredients and send them over." ”

Li You continued to deliver his foodie speech, and he said with fascination: "Time is like an arrow, so many years have passed. I still remember the first time I ate garlic roasted catfish with Hamid in Fuqi City, and it tasted really good. ”

Murong Bo smiled and said: "You, when I saw that you were a foodie, I really thought you were unreliable, and I couldn't trust you." Ha ha. ”

When Li You was talking to Murong Bo, he would not ignore Pei Dilan, he said: "Lao Pei, Lao Ha, you are familiar with it, when I ran to Fu Qi City with Lao Ha, the first thing I did was to eat roasted catfish with garlic and ......."

Li You talked about the past and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Pei Dilan couldn't help but be envious when she heard that Li You had done such a big thing at the age of 16.

Li You said at the end, pointed at Murong Ling and said: "Lao Pei, your younger brother and sister is what I met at that time, I helped Brother Murong, Ling'er is a thank you gift from him, haha." ”

Murong Ling blushed and smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not like this at all, it wasn't you who pegged people all day long." ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and Pei Dilan liked this atmosphere very much.

Murong Bo is also very interested in Pei Dilan, the prince of the Great Food Country, a large part of Tuyuhun's salt is sold to the Great Food Country, and other business contacts are also very frequent, he has heard Murong Ling talk about Pei Dilan before, and seeing that his relationship with Li You is so close, he also has the idea of making friends with him, so he chatted with him enthusiastically.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and the topic inadvertently turned to Tusfan and Songtsen Ganbu.

Speaking of Songtsan Ganbu, Murong Bo also sighed a little, they have always been mortal enemies back then, and for so many years, Tusbo is still the object of Tuyuhun's prevention. Now Tus also submitted to the Tang Dynasty, since then, the relationship between the two countries has changed, and the relationship between him and Songtsam Ganbu has also changed, not long ago, he received a telegram from Li You, has mobilized 30,000 troops, ready to cooperate with Songtsan Ganbu to return to Tus to control the situation.

Murong Bo, as a young hero of the same era as Songtsan Ganbu, has been fighting with each other for so many years, and he can't help but feel some pity for each other. He said: "I would like to meet this Tibetan Zampu and see what kind of person he is." ”

Li You smiled: "This is easy, in a few days, Lao Pei and I will accompany you." ”

Pei Dilan has been wandering in Chang'an City for so long, and he has been to many places that are very miscellaneous, and he is even more familiar than Li You, the old Chang'an. Pei Dilan was a few months older than Murong Bo, and he said enthusiastically: "Brother Murong, there are many interesting things on the Great Wall, if you want, I will be your guide, anyway, your brother-in-law, a rich man, will pay for it." Ha ha. ”

Li You said with a smile: "Lao Pei is reasonable, he is now an old Chang'an, and he is better than me, so let him take you on a good tour of Chang'an City." ”

East Palace.

The next morning, after the court, Li You received a notice from Li Chengqian and came to the East Palace to ask to see him.

"Big brother, are you looking for me?" Li You said.

"Fifth brother, my father called and said that he would set off from Luoyang tomorrow and return to Chang'an in three days, how do you think this welcoming ceremony should be arranged?"

It turned out that in the early court, Li Chengqian announced the news that Li Shimin was about to return to Chang'an, and discussed the issue of the welcoming ceremony. There was no controversy about the organization of the Greetings, but there was disagreement among the ministers over the size of the organization.

The faction, led by the eldest grandson Wuji, advocated a large-scale welcoming ceremony, believing that the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was a landmark and great victory of great significance in foreign conquests since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and should be celebrated with great enthusiasm.

The eldest grandson Wuji suggested that all the ministers and foreign missions in Chang'an should participate and mobilize 100,000 officials and people to greet the holy car outside the city gate. Singing and dancing performances are arranged by Taijoji Temple and the Ministry of Rites, and a triumphal arch is built to create an atmosphere.

When the welcoming ceremony was organized, the officials and the people had to wear new clothes, and the singers and dancers and musicians had to buy new clothes. In order to prevent Li Shimin and others from being delayed on the road and unable to arrive in Chang'an on time, they also had to prepare a meal for the officials and people who went to greet them, and the messy expenses were a lot.

As a result, Gao Jingming simply calculated, it would cost about 400,000 yuan.

The faction led by Wei Zheng advocated reducing the scale of the greeting and organizing the scale of 10,000 people. Their suggestion also makes sense, since the triumphal ceremony is followed by a ceremonial sacrifice. When the time comes, it will be necessary to organize the masses to participate on a large scale, and some of them will cost the people and money.

Li Chengqian felt a little troubled by this, and he hoped to organize a large-scale welcoming ceremony to make Li Shimin happy, but he was also worried that the cost would be too large and arouse criticism among the government and the opposition. If there are really adverse consequences because of this, it may also make Li Shimin dissatisfied. However, according to the opinions of Wei Zheng and others, if the scale of the welcome ceremony is too small, it is likely to make Li Shimin unhappy.

Li Chengqian felt in a dilemma and couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he called Li You to discuss the matter.

Li You couldn't help but smile when he heard that Li Chengqian was worried about this matter: "Big brother, you, you have done everything else very well, why are you confused about this matter?" How old is it? ”

Li You's attitude made Li Chengqian suddenly happy, and he said, "Fifth brother, I know that you have a way. You say, what should I do about this? ”