Seeing that the sky is about to come to the Spring Festival, every household is busy buying New Year's goods, everywhere is full of lights, Gaochang City is a festive and lively, because the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate moved to Gaochang, this was originally due to the baptism of war and the defeat of the Western Regions Pearl regained its dazzling light - since the Metropolitan Protectorate moved to Gaochang, in addition to the hundreds of officials at all levels and more than 10,000 troops who moved with it, but also moved nearly 60,000 people from various states and counties, of course, Most of the people here are the families of the army and the refugees who have nowhere to go due to the snowstorm, and the majority of the capital protectorate ordered the reconstruction of Gaochang City, the implementation of the policy of the dwellers have their houses, and the cultivators have their fields, which has attracted a lot of nomadic small tribes to settle down, which makes the total population of Gaochang City has reached nearly 200,000 people, compared to the strongest period of Gaochang State, there is more than that, and the merchants of various countries who are pursuing business opportunities are taking advantage of the opportunity of the reconstruction of Gaochang City to flock to, in just more than half a year, all kinds of shops, Restaurants have opened one after another, decorating Gaochang City with great prosperity, and Gaochang City has faintly become the commercial center of the entire Western Regions at this time. This time, the Metropolitan Protectorate ordered officials at all levels and the military to have a five-day holiday during the Spring Festival, except for the rotating personnel, which made the atmosphere of the festival extremely strong, and all the song galleries and restaurants were full.

Tianbai Liquor Building, the name is not small, in fact, it is just a small restaurant, the area is not large, that is, a two-story tavern, the building is new, but the decoration is very simple, and even seems a little shabby, not to mention that compared with those luxury restaurants in Beijing, it is the four major restaurants in Gaochang City that are gradually rising are far better than Tianbai Liquor Building, and the wine and food are only general, not much better, the only desirable thing is that the location of Tianbai Liquor Mansion happens to be near the military camp in the west of the city, There are a lot of soldiers who come here every day to drink a few cups to relieve fatigue, and the business is still prosperous, these days coincide with the military camp holiday, and the generals who have families are all in their own homes, but most of the officers who have not married have no place to go, and they go to the restaurants in groups to be chic, of course, the middle and senior officers will not look down on the small restaurants such as the Tianbai Restaurant, and the ones who can gather in the Baijiu Lou on this day are just some junior officers, even so, the fullness of the Baijiu on this day is not worse than other big restaurants, The restaurant is full of the soldiers' unbridled ho and bragging, but it also seems to be very lively, in such a noise, only a table of young soldiers sitting in the northwest corner of the restaurant lobby seems a little dull, although it can be regarded as talking and laughing, but it has never been served, and constantly looking at the door, as if waiting for some big man to arrive.

"Xiao Xia, I'm afraid Brother Heng won't come, it's all here, it's long overdue." A small officer dressed in the captain's costume looked at the door of the restaurant and asked a little worriedly.

"Yes, Brother Heng should also arrive, he said it earlier, and he won't change the hexagram?" An officer-in-class officer sitting on the edge of the main seat of the table also echoed with some concern.

"Xiao Xia, Brother Heng is now developed, should he forget my brothers?"

"I don't think so, Brother Heng is not that kind of person, I wonder if he will be punished by His Highness again, right?"

"Perhaps, I've heard that Brother Heng has been punished by His Royal Highness a lot in the past few months, and he has suffered a lot."

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A group of young officers are talking about me word by word, making Ge Xia's face full of embarrassment, but at the beginning, he said that he wanted to invite Gao Heng to come to a gathering, and he personally went to the Dadu Hufu to invite, and said that he would meet him at Tianbai Bailou at noon, but it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, but he hadn't seen Gao Heng's figure yet, which made Ge Xia's face a little unbearable, and then the audience was guessing blindly, and he was even more angry, Tie Qing stood up with a blue face, and almost shouted at the volume of a roar: "Nonsense, Brother Heng said that he would come soon, and then talk about it." , Brother Heng is a student of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is strict, that is for the good of Brother Heng, which is ......" As soon as Ge Xia's words were said here, he heard the loud sound of chairs pushing in front of him, and the officers in the hall stood up for more than half of the time, hurriedly closed his mouth, looked at the gate, and immediately saw Gao Heng's tall and strong body coming in from outside the door, so he didn't care about saying more, and hurriedly ran towards the gate, but unfortunately Ge Xia started slowly, Gao Heng had already been surrounded in the center by the officers who saw the opportunity quickly.

"Brother Heng, come, have two drinks."

"Xiao Heng, your kid is developed, shouldn't you forget about your old brother, come, punish three bottles first."

"Brother Gao, come, come and sit at our table, the wine is enough."

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Gao Heng is actually not a very sociable person, and he was not a celebrity in the military camp before, but since he became Li Zhen's personal disciple, he immediately became the focus of attention of the whole army, after all, Li Zhen is the soul of the Anxi Army, and can become Li Zhen's only student, which is naturally the supreme glory, therefore, whether Gao Heng wants to or not, he has become a celebrity in the army, as long as he has a relationship with him, he does not want to use Gao Heng's line to hope to climb Li Zhen's big Buddha, Gao Heng was not less ordered by Li Zhen to pass orders to the troops, so that there were countless acquaintances in the Manchurian army, no, he had just appeared in the Tianbai Liquor Building, and immediately became the guest of honor for the officers, and the quarrel made Gao Heng's head a little bigger, but it was not good to blow everyone's mind, so he had no choice but to smile and make a group and said: "Thank you for your love, the younger brother has an appointment with someone today, I am really sorry, I punish myself with three bottles, and I can pay tribute to you brothers?" ”

"No, no, how can three bottles be enough, let's say three bowls, brothers, right?" A sturdy soldier with a beard on his face shouted loudly, and in an instant, all the officers around Gao Heng were in a commotion, and even more good people quickly ran to bring wine bowls and wine jars, poured wine full of wine with a smile, and forced Gao Heng to pour it into his stomach half-persuasively and half-forcedly.

Tianbai Liquor House is not a big restaurant, naturally can not afford to operate the "Yan Ji Firm" out of the "Victory Return" and other famous wine, but the self-produced burning knife in the restaurant is very fierce, the intensity is not lower than the "Victory Return", ordinary people don't talk about three bowls, it is three bottles of wine in a row, just afraid that the stomach can follow the fire as uncomfortable, you have to turn over the river and vomit wildly, Rao is Gao Heng has a good amount of wine, and when he sees the huge wine bowl, his scalp is numb, and he is not bad if he doesn't drink, just his current identity, There are really few people in the whole army who can force him to do what he doesn't want to do, but in the face of everyone's enthusiasm, Gao Hengshi couldn't say anything if he refused, so he had no choice but to laugh, take the big sea bowl with a hard head, raise his head and drink it all, and go down three bowls in a row, and his face turned red like Guan Gong, which can be regarded as sending a group of officers away.

"Brother Heng, are you alright?" Ge Xia's official rank is low, although he has been blessed by the great expansion of the army, and now he has been promoted to the captain, and he is still the captain of the Baidao team, however, compared to the team leaders who surrounded Gao Heng before, whether it is seniority or status, it is much lower, and he can't squeeze into the inner circle at all, and when everyone disperses, he came to Gao Heng's side, seeing that Gao Heng's face was wrong, he hurriedly grabbed Gao Heng's arm, and asked in a low voice with concern.

"No, it's okay, let's go, sit down." With such three bowls of burning knives in his stomach, he still had an empty stomach, what the hell is it, Gao Heng not only blushed, but his tongue was also much bigger, fortunately, he was able to hold up the scene with a lot of wine, he burped, shook his head, blocked Ge Xia's hand, and forced himself to go to the wine table where Ge Xia and the others were.

"Brother Heng." The officers at Ge Xia's table were all from the Baidao team, they were all Gao Heng's subordinates, all of them were burly, but when they saw Gao Heng coming over, no one dared to take the shelf, they all stood up, and almost greeted in unison.

"Xiaodong, hehe, your kid is rising fast, this is all right, it's amazing, go down and mix with a Guoyi, I have to give you a salute when I turn back, Lao Wang, aren't you bad, hehe, what's the matter, running Kwai Camp went, this time it's a ......turnover, okay, come, sit down." Gao Heng was in a good mood when he saw that his old subordinates had all become officers now, and he had drunk more alcohol before, so he naturally talked more, laughing and laughing with a group of brothers.

"Man, serve the food, serve the wine, hurry up!" Taking advantage of Gao Heng's greetings with a group of brothers, Ge Xia ran to the side and hurriedly gave a few words to the busy shopkeeper, and then ran back to his seat, ** Before he could sit down, he opened his mouth and asked: "Brother Heng, I heard that after the beginning of spring, I will fight the Turks, but is there such a thing?" ”

As soon as Ge Xia said this, all the officers on the table pricked up their ears, these years, a group of soldiers in Anxi are all militants, especially in the case of the invincible Anxi Iron Army, everyone wants to go to the battlefield to fight, as long as there is a battle to fight, the speed of promotion is fast, if you make a few great achievements, maybe you will have the opportunity to enter the Western Regions Military Academy, once you come out of the Western Regions Military Academy, you can also mix with a middle-level officer such as a seventh-grade cavalry Cao when it is not good, but whoever eats this bowl of rice as a soldier, who doesn't want to go further, Naturally, everyone is looking forward to the war.

Gao Heng follows Li Zhen all day long, he is one of the well-informed people, he knows a little more than many senior generals in the army about whether there will be a war and when it may start, however, this is a military secret, Gao Heng does not dare to speak casually, even if he drinks too much, this string in his mind will not loosen, at this time, seeing a group of brothers all looking at him, he has the heart not to say, but it seems that some of them can't say it, so he said vaguely: "There are always brothers to fight, so you are in a hurry, train well, Just wait for the meritorious service. ”

"Okay, with Brother Heng's words, my brother is out of the way, after the beginning of spring, I have to train those rabbit cubs to get out, I don't believe that Lao Tzu's soldiers will be sent anywhere."

"That's it, we are the Baidao team, the only one in the whole army, if we want to fight, naturally we have to wait!"

"Hehe, Lao Tzu's gang of Mao Mao has been shouting all day long to make meritorious contributions, this time they will be dragged out to kill them, look at their creation, Brother Heng don't forget to help the old brothers intercede, you have to leave a chance for me and other brothers."

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A group of soldiers are not stupid, although Gao Heng's words were vague, but the big guys all heard the meaning, although they didn't know when the war would start, and they didn't know that the army would be able to take turns, but they all shouted, waiting to grab the credit, but they didn't notice that a table of businessman-like guests in the corner of the wall was listening to the movement with their ears pricked up.

"Your Highness, it seems that Li Zhenxiao'er is really planning to do it, I'll wait ......" A sturdy man in an oily leather jacket only heard Gao Heng's bold words from the table, and immediately couldn't hold his breath, and whispered to a tall young man who had always lowered his head and drank alcohol.

"Hmm." The tall young man didn't even raise his head, just snorted lightly from his nostrils, and then stopped the strong man's words, and as soon as his hand sank, the wine bottle was already resting on the table, and he slowly raised his head, revealing a cold face, which was the eldest prince of Xue Yantuo.

It has been three days since Dadu set up in Gaochang City, and he came with the Xue Yantuo envoy who came to Gaochang City to congratulate, and his intention was to come to the Western Turkic civil strife, of course, he came anonymously this time, and he did not intend to publicize it, nor did he plan to rush to meet with Li Zhen before he found out Li Zhen's hole cards, but unfortunately although the Xue Yantuo envoy tried in many ways and tried in every way, it did not find out the intentions of the Anxi Tang Army. See if you can hear the news about the movements of the Tang Army from the mouths of a group of alcoholic soldiers, they have been sitting for a noon before and after, and they have not been able to get much useful information, they have already planned to leave, but as soon as Gao Heng appeared, Dadu She was keenly aware of the extraordinaryness of this son, and sat down with peace of mind, although he did not glance at Gao Heng's table, but all his attention was focused on Gao Heng, and as soon as Gao Heng's vague words came out, Dadu She had vaguely guessed the movements of the Tang Army. I didn't want to stay in this noisy restaurant any longer, so I didn't say anything, but I just made a settling gesture to the guards around me, got up expressionlessly, and walked out of the Tianbai Restaurant with a leisurely look, leisurely blended into the flow of people on the street, and went straight to the direction of Dadu Hufu......

Relaxed, rare ease, since he came to Anxi, Li Zhen has really not been so relaxed - the previous request for the allocation of part of the military rations of Longyou to prepare for the expedition to the north of the Tianshan Mountains has been approved by the old man, and the general strategy of the expedition to the Western Turks has also been clearly agreed by the old man, as for the private opening of the granary to relieve the victims, although it has been punished by a reprimand, it can be regarded as a revelation of the past, and it has not even been cut down, and the matter of transferring grain and grass from the country surnamed Shaowu Jiu has also been clearly promised, The relevant service officials are already on the way to handle it, this is not counting, what makes Li Zhen even happier is: after some clever operation in the Beijing Division, Na Long gave a heavy blow to the people of the Wei Wang's family, and completely knocked over several middle-level officials under the Wei Wang's door, and the two sides have reached an agreement on a temporary truce after several rounds of secret negotiations, at least before the old man's personal conquest, whether it is the Jingshi side or the Anxi side, there are no major things for Li Zhen to consider in detail, such a rare leisure time, Li Zhen has to have a good life, the only thing that makes Li Zhen a little depressed is that Princess Mingyue and Pei Yan are all pregnant, and Li Zhen, who has no place to "hey", is only left to tease Xiao Li Chun for such fun, no, while the afternoon is fine, Li Zhen and Xiao Li Chun are on their shoulders again.

"Knock, knock, knock......" Li Zhen shook a small rattle in her hand, making a series of sounds, looking at Xiao Li Chun sitting on Pei Yan's lap with a smile on her face, and said happily: "Xiao Chunchun, come, call Daddy, scream, this drum will be played for you, okay?" Scream. ”

The chubby little Li Chun was wrapped in a fox fur jacket and a tiger skin hat on his head, which made him even more bloated, and he was sitting on Pei Yan's lap yawning at this time, and he was not interested in the rattle in Li Zhen's hand, let Li Zhen shake his hands sorely, the little guy didn't even look at it, but it made Pei Yan laugh so much that Li Zhen lost his temper, and in desperation, he put away the rattle, took out two small gold ingots from his pocket, threw them up and down, and squinted at the little kid who didn't take himself seriously, He smiled and said, "Do you want it?" Call Daddy, this ingots will be yours. ”

The glittering ingots are really attractive, the little guy's eyes lit up, and then he followed the ingots up and down intently, babbling and calling non-stop, of course, the little thing that can't speak naturally can't call the word "daddy", but it can be understood, the anxious little look can make Li Zhen proud, not only did not give, but dragged it with a big hand, and held the two little ingots in his hand, and did not forget to bully Xiao Li Chun: "Don't call it, don't call it Daddy, This ingots are about to fly away. Xiao Li Chunke, who was bullied miserably, stopped doing it, held his mouth and let go of his throat to cry.

Yes, this little guy is like thunder when he cries, Li Zhen doesn't want to suffer that sin, so he hurriedly spread his hands, put the two ingots in the palm of his hand, and handed them to the little guy, the little guy unceremoniously reached out and dragged the two little ingots over, held them tightly on his chest, and stared at Li Zhen with hatred.

"Heh, little guy, what are you doing, I can't give it to you, I'm really a little money fan." Looking at Xiao Li Chun's appearance, Li Zhen couldn't help but reach out and scratch Xiao Li Chun's nose, and scolded with a smile, I never thought that the little guy would completely quit this time, his nose was crooked, and the thunderous cry immediately sounded, which made Li Zhen hurry, but he didn't know what to coax, he was embarrassed to look at Pei Yan's disgusted face, and hurriedly slipped out of the door, leaving only Xiao Li Chun's cry behind him and Pei Yan's gentle coaxing, mixed with the crisp laughter of the maids.

"Your Highness, Xue Yantuo's envoy B is lost and asks to see you." Just as Li Zhen was hesitating whether to go to Princess Mingyue's place to take a turn, the housekeeper Wang Binghe led the two little eunuchs to hurry over, and as soon as he saw Li Zhen, he hurriedly bowed down to report.

"Huh?" Li Zhen frowned when he heard this-Li Zhen had confessed before that neither his subordinates nor the envoys of various countries would be seen before the New Year, and when the New Year was the first day of the New Year, he would arrange a wine banquet again, and it was not that there were no generals who had gone to the door with the envoys of various countries, but they were all sent away by Wang Binghe, and he Wang Binghe would not know the rules of the palace, but at this time, he came to report to Xue Yantuo's envoy's request to see him, isn't it a strange thing?

Wang Binghe is an old and sophisticated person, and when he saw Li Zhen's displeased face, he didn't dare to slack off, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's not that the old slave has the courage to bother His Highness, but that B lost the old slave this thing, saying that His Highness will understand when he sees it, and the old slave doesn't dare to miss His Highness's major affairs, so he came to report." Wang Binghe said as he took out half a piece of jade from his wide sleeve and handed it to Li Zhen.

Generous set? How did this kid come here! Li Zhen recognized that the half piece of jade was the token of the secret alliance with Dadu at the beginning, and his heart moved, but he did not speak immediately, but after a deep groan, he ordered with a calm face: "This king knows, the king will accompany the guests to drink a few bottles first, and this king will arrive later." ”

"Yes, the old slave obeys." Wang Binghe saw that Li Zhen was not angry, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly responded, and hurriedly retreated, and went to arrange relevant matters without mentioning it. Li Zhen stood in the back garden and thought for a while, shook her head, and raised her feet to walk towards the inner study......

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