"Uncle Ma, did you see the old man standing under the Eight Immortal Lanterns, who is he?" was stunned by an old man for no reason, Li Xiu was also a little inexplicable, and what was even more unfortunate was that he didn't know the other party at all, so he immediately found Ma Ye, presumably he should know the identity of the other party.

"Pei Ju? Why did you ask about him? Ma Ye saw the old man who followed Li Xiu's finger, but suddenly frowned and asked.

"Pei Lone! He is the Pei Lin who is known as the first phase of the Tang Dynasty? Li Xiu obviously didn't hear Ma Ye's words clearly, and shouted in shock at the moment.

"I heard it clearly, it's Pei Ju, not Pei Lian, Pei Xiang is much younger than him." Ma Ye immediately opened his mouth to correct, but these two names are really easy to hear.

"Pei Ju? Familiar with this name? Li Xiu heard the name Pei Ju clearly, but he always felt as if he had heard of this name somewhere, so he frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "I'll go, isn't he the evil king?" ”

"The Evil King? What evil king? Ma Ye's ears were pointed, and he asked curiously when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"What an evil king, Uncle Ma, you must have heard it wrong!" Li Xiu reacted immediately, and hurriedly denied it, this is not easy for him to explain, he can't say that he is a character in a novel in later generations, right?

"You kid always babble something you don't understand, forget it, I won't ask, but Pei Ju is cunning, don't provoke him!" Ma Ye finally warned.

Li Xiu also deeply agreed with Ma Ye's words, in the novel The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, the evil king Shi Zhixuan entered the Great Sui court under the pseudonym Pei Ju, passed through the Western Regions, divided the Turks, and finally overthrew the Great Sui. Although the character of Shi Zhixuan is fictional, many deeds about Pei Ju are true, such as passing through the Western Regions and conquering the Turks, and he also pacified Lingnan and accompanied Yang Guang to conquer Liaodong, which can be said to have made a lot of contributions to the Great Sui.

However, Pei Ju is most talked about is that when he faced the rigid Emperor Yang of Sui, he became a courtier who was pleasing to everyone, but after returning to the Tang Dynasty, he often dared to make a mistake and admonished him, this inconsistent performance was used by Sima Guang in later generations as an example of "Jun Ming and Minister", which also illustrated the rationality of Tang replacing Sui from the side.

In the face of an old fox like Pei Ju who is capable and knows how to protect himself, Li Xiu asked himself that he would definitely not be able to provoke, but what he couldn't understand was that how could a big man like Pei Ju know himself, and he ran angrily to ask for guilt, even if he had a conflict with Li Jing, he couldn't be angry with him, right?

After thinking about it, he didn't understand the reason, and Ma Ye probably didn't know either, otherwise he should have told Li Xiu just now, instead of warning him not to provoke the other party.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw the rich lady just now walking over with her daughter again, looking at the shy and timid appearance of the little lady behind her, it seemed that she still didn't give up on Li Xiu, which made him secretly scream that it was not good, now that Ma Ye was by his side, with his temperament, maybe there would be some trouble?

Sure enough, the rich lady came to Li Xiu again with her daughter, but she saluted Ma Ye and said, "The concubine has seen General Ma!" ”

Ma Ye seemed to recognize this noblewoman, and hurriedly returned the salute at the moment, and he was a good person, so he naturally saw the other party's purpose at a glance, and immediately laughed and patted Li Xiu's shoulder and said: "Mrs. Zhou doesn't have to be polite, let me help you introduce, this young man next to me is my son and nephew Li Xiu, not only has a prominent family background, but also young and promising, some time ago when we defeated the Turks in Gyeongju, he made a lot of contributions to the imperial court, and it can be said that the future is immeasurable!" ”

As soon as Ma Ye's words came out, Li Xiu secretly screamed that it was not good, and sure enough, the lady opposite heard him praise himself so much, her eyes lit up all of a sudden, and her gaze at Li Xiu also became a kind of mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and it seemed that the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became, as for the girl behind her, she stared at Li Xiu even more shyly, and little stars were about to pop up in her eyes.

"I thought that Li Gongzi was a scholar, but I didn't expect that he could go into battle to kill the enemy, he is really a model among the younger generation of my Datang Dynasty!" The noble lady looked at Li Xiu for a moment, and praised with a smile on her face, estimating that she had already designated Li Xiu Nei as her son-in-law at this time.

"Madame praised!" Li Xiu could only bite the bullet at this time, and at the same time looked at Ma Ye with a begging gaze, hoping that he would stop praising himself.

Ma Ye was also kind-hearted, and in his opinion, Li Xiu's age should have been married a long time ago, so he ignored his pleas for mercy at all, but praised Li Xiu even more vigorously, which made this rich lady nod again and again with satisfaction, and finally glanced at her daughter, and then said goodbye. Li Xiu thought that this was the end, but when the shy little lady left, she deliberately threw down a handkerchief, and her shy eyes glanced at Li Xiu again, and then ran away like a frightened rabbit.

Looking at the delicately made handkerchief on the ground, Li Xiu was also a little at a loss, and then turned his head to ask Ma Ye for help, but Ma Ye glared at this time and said: "Look at what I'm doing, why don't you pick up the handkerchief that people gave you?" ”

"If you don't pick it up, okay?" Li Xiu said helplessly, it is easy to pick up the other party's handkerchief now, but if he doesn't ask for marriage in the future, won't it make the family sad, and even if he goes to ask for a kiss, the other party will definitely not agree if he knows his identity, and both parties will not be able to step down at that time.

"Don't pick it up? Do you believe that the little lady of the Zhou family just now hanged herself to show you tonight? Ma Ye was wide-eyed when he heard this, although the mother and daughter of the Zhou family left, they were still secretly looking here, and their actions just now also attracted the attention of many people, and they were all looking at Li Xiu at this time, if he didn't pick it up, the mother and daughter of the Zhou family would be too embarrassed.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiu also sighed helplessly, and immediately walked over to pick up the handkerchief of the little lady of the Zhou family, it is said that such handkerchiefs are generally embroidered by young women themselves, not only the object of love, but also a test of the woman's embroidery, Li Xiu can not see how the embroidery is, but the handkerchief is quite fragrant, and there is a very delicate "Qin" word embroidered in the corner of the handkerchief, which is estimated to be the name of the owner or a word in the name.

The woman dropped the handkerchief to show that she was satisfied with the man, and the man accepted the handkerchief is a very gentlemanly courtesy, no matter whether she will propose marriage in the future, at least it must not embarrass the woman, but Li Xiu is destined to only disappoint the little lady Zhou, and with his identity, I am afraid that the other party will not take a fancy to him after knowing it.

I thought that no one would come again after accepting the handkerchief, but what Li Xiu didn't expect was that Ma Ye praised him too loudly just now, and many people around him heard it, that is, Ma Ye's son and nephew, and he could be so valued by Ma Ye, and he was so competitive, and he made contributions on the battlefield at a young age, such a young man is rare.

It is precisely because of this that several noble ladies came forward with their daughters one after another, and let their daughters drop their handkerchiefs after chatting with Ma Ye for a few words, which also made Li Xiu cry and laugh, and Mrs. Zhou not far away turned even blue. However, one piece is picked up, and two pieces are also picked up, out of politeness, Li Xiu had to pick up all the handkerchiefs he had dropped, and the thick stack was almost ready to be used as napkins.

"Uncle Ma, this is too exaggerated, why are there so many unmarried daughters in the noble families of the capital?" Li Xiu picked up a handkerchief on the ground again, he felt that if he continued to pick it up like this, he would be able to sew a lot of underwear with these handkerchiefs when the lantern festival was over.

"Didn't you find that there are more women and fewer men among the young people who came today, we were in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, many young children were serving in the army, and those who stayed at home were generally not promising, and these noble ladies naturally wanted to find a good husband for their daughters." Ma Ye explained with a smile, although he knew that Li Xiu's background was a little lower and his reputation was not very good, but in his opinion, the entire Tang Dynasty could not find a better young man than Li Xiu, not to mention that he had saved Princess Pingyang's life, so he praised Li Xiu so hard.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu took a look at the entire Lantern Festival, and found that it was really as Ma Ye said, there are indeed many more women than men among young people, which is also the sequelae of war, after all, no matter what era it is, war is a man's game, of course, there are exceptions, such as Princess Pingyang.

"Hehe, isn't this General Ma?" At this moment, suddenly a not very friendly voice sounded, and then I saw Chai Shao walking through a few lamp stands with a gloomy face in front of Ma Ye, and then looked at Li Xiu next to him, and the handkerchief in his hand and said, "You kid is also here, and you are really worthy of your little lover!" ”

Chai Shao has been looking at him with a disdainful gaze when he spoke, obviously he had already inquired about Li Xiu's origins, and also knew that Li Xiu had left the house because of a little nun, and many people had different reactions to this matter, some people said that Li Xiu was not filial, and some people thought that Li Xiu was infatuated, and many of those who held this view were girls who had not left the cabinet.

Chai Shao had seen Li Xiu before, because Ma Ye was also there, he didn't plan to step forward, but when he saw that Li Xiu had accepted so many women's love things in a short period of time, this kind of person was worthy of being called infatuation? Is it true that you are really infatuated with the princess?

It is precisely the above thoughts that make Chai Shao even more contemptuous of him, and think that he was beaten by him before, and until now there is still a faint pain in his crotch, and he can't even have sex with his concubine for several days, which is simply the biggest shame in his life. The more Chai Shao thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally couldn't help but step forward and mock Li Xiu.

"Hehe, it turned out to be General Chai, I don't know if your injuries are better?" Ma Ye patted Li Xiu's shoulder and signaled him not to speak, and then he stepped forward with a smile.

"You ......" Ma Ye's words hit the sore spot in Chai Shao's heart, and he couldn't help but want to get angry at the moment, but thinking that this little lantern festival was held by Li Yuan personally for Princess Pingyang, if he stirred up the small lantern festival, not only would Li Yuan be unhappy, but Princess Pingyang would probably hate him even more.

Thinking of this, Chai Shaoqiang held back his anger and flicked his sleeves, turned around and left angrily, after all, he was also afraid that Ma Ye would poke out the fact that he was beaten by Li Xiu, and then he would have no face to see anyone. But he also secretly swore in his heart, this matter is not over today, let's see!