On May 13, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Tai, the king of Wei, Li Ke, the king of Wu, Li Shu, and Li Shen, the king of Ji, left the official land of the Beijing division one after another to take up the new position, in addition to the prince Li Zhi, the king of Jin, who has become the prince, and Li Fu, the king of Zhao who is still in his infancy, there is only Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is not an official who is not necessary, but the place of the official has not yet been determined.

Yue Wang Li Zhen on the Anxi excerpt of the grand plan, ingenious conception, clear strategic thinking, rigorous steps, all the ministers are impressed, however, for whether to be implemented by Li Zhen this proposer but serious differences, not only because Li Zhen is the prince's noble, once there is a mistake, the court's face plummeted, but also because now the prince is newly established, there is no merit, if the Yue King Li Zhen suddenly rises, it may be difficult to restrict, but there is a consensus of the ministers - Anxi is very competent, and people with both civil and military skills can do this, Or there is a suggestion that Jiangxia 'Wang, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Li Daozong go, to inquire about it, Daozong's self-humility and talent are not enough to do this policy, and suggested that the emperor consult Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, the emperor Ranzhi.

On May 16, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the emperor went to visit Li Jing, the prince of the country who had long been hidden in the forest, and asked him about Anxi, Li Jing said: Great goodness, and said: The reason why the old minister preached the art of war of the king of Yue was because he still had the heart to serve the country when he was young. The emperor did not express his position on the spot, however, soon after returning to the palace, he issued a clear edict, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, was invited, and Li Zhen took over the governor of Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

On May 19, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the sunny, the rising sun just quietly poked out on the horizon, Wuli Pavilion, the best place for Chang'an City to usher in, was already full of people, more than 100 civil and military officials surrounded by the freshly baked prince Li Zhi is about to go out of the Yue King Li Zhen, with the ceremonial master of ceremonies that one by one procedures will come down, a parting sorrow quietly climbed into the hearts of everyone, Li Zhi, who has always been sentimental, has already been in tears at this time, crying silently.

"Starling, Anxi is not a good place, you must take care of yourself, don't be strong, if you don't support, don't force it, and say that you know your brother, and your brother will fight to find another place for starling." Li Zhi's eyes were red and swollen, and he looked at Li Zhen with a desolate face, and said very emotionally.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's words Xiao Wang keep in mind, the foolish brother doesn't know when he will be able to return to Beijing, he can't be filial piety in Beijing, his father is getting older, and please ask His Royal Highness to help me more, and share more worries for my father, the foolish brother will not live up to the trust of the court, and I should do my best for the peace and tranquility of the Tang Dynasty, and after death, Your Highness, please go back, and the foolish brother will leave." Li Zhen's face was also full of sadness, of course, it was not for Li Zhi's nonsense, but because he was about to leave Chang'an City, where he had lived for more than ten years, and he didn't know what time it would be when he wanted to come back, and the melancholy in his heart was inevitable.

"Starling, you must be careful, take care, take care!" The corners of Li Zhi's mouth trembled, and he held Li Zhen's hand tightly, unwilling to let go for a long time.

"Send you a thousand miles, there will be a farewell, the wind is strong here, Your Highness will return." Li Zhen was in the same uncomfortable mood at this time, she really didn't want to stay even for a minute in this tearful scene, she forced herself to suppress the urge to cry in her heart, her hand shook, she gently broke away from Li Zhi's hand, took a step back, bowed and saluted, and no longer spoke, strode towards the team not far away, took the jujube red horse from the hands of the guards, turned over the horse, and made a group of gestures to the civil and military officials who came to see them off, and did not say more, led the horse's head, and led the crowd to the distance......

Yumen Pass, because the Western Regions imported jade when taking the road here and got its name, since the Han Dynasty has been the gateway to all parts of the Western Regions, (located in the northwest of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, Xiaofangpan City,) is an important military pass and Silk Road traffic artery of the Tang Dynasty, speaking of Yumen Pass, with the great poet Wang Zhilian's "Liangzhou Ci" to describe itself is the most appropriate - "The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains." Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. Looking at the majestic Guancheng in the distance, Rao is Li Zhen's calm nature, and at this time, he can't help but feel a little excited, difficult to himself, of course, not because of the sorrow of leaving home, but because of the feeling that the glorious years are about to begin, without him, as far as Li Zhen's personality is concerned, compared to the days of intrigue in the Jingshi, Li Zhen prefers the kind of pleasure of crisscrossing the world, who competes with each other, for the official days that are about to begin, Li Zhen was looking forward to it in her heart.

"Your Highness, five miles ahead is where the Yumen Pass is located, and He Wanglong, the assassin of Guazhou, has led his troops to greet His Highness in the city." Just when Li Zhen was in reverie, a flying horse galloped from a distance, and when Li Zhen approached, he neatly turned over and dismounted, touched the ground on one knee, and reported loudly.

"Hmm." Li Zhen nodded noncommittally, turned her head to look at Mo Li who was riding a horse and followed her, and said with a smile: "Mr. Mo, this old man is from your old department, what are your plans?" ”

He Wanglong, the word Wuning, Hebei Youzhou people's clan, was originally a partial general under Luo Yi's account, and then joined the Tang Dynasty with Luo Yi, but then he broke away from Luo Yi's department, and did not participate in Luo Yi's rebellion, because he was a subordinate of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and there was nothing outstanding in ability, so he has never been reused, and he has experienced the ups and downs of the Huan Sea.

Because Li Zhen is about to leave the town of Anxi, he specially ordered the 'Rising Sun' to go out and conduct an investigation of these Tang Dynasty officials, fortunately, the 'Rising Sun' was born out of the 'Yan Ji Firm' throughout the Tang Dynasty states and counties, and it was very easy to do this work, this He Wanglong's details and origin could not be concealed from Li Zhen, at this time, seeing Mo Li's thoughtful look, this joked with Mo Li-Li Zhen's two major strategists because Na Long was also the head of the "Rising Sun", so he did not follow Li Zhen to the west, After all, the Jingshi is the foundation of the succession, Li Zhen wants to win the battle for the succession, in addition to Anxi must make some merits, the affairs of the Jingshi can not be delayed, plus the bloody battle of this trip is inevitable, Nalong's martial arts are far inferior to Mo Li, so Li Zhen left Nalong in the capital, and only took Mo Li to Anxi to take office.

"Your Highness is really right, I saw this old man when I was a child, and I can be regarded as an acquaintance, but now that time has passed, people may not recognize such an unknown junior." Mo Li smiled and said: "But if Your Highness wants to pacify Anxi, this old man can still use it, so you might as well put in more effort." ”

"Hehe, that's true, let's go, let's see!" Li Zhen understands the importance of Yumen Pass - this Yumen Pass is the throat of the inside and outside of the pass, Li Zhen wants to pacify Anxi, how can he succeed without a stable rear, besides, what Li Zhen wants to bring to Anxi is not only the more than 1,000 palace guards around him, but also a large number of various talent teams are about to go to Anxi, but in order to hide people's eyes, those people are all disguised as caravans, and bring a lot of prohibited items, without the support of Yumen Pass, how can it be done, even if Mo Li does not say, Li Zhen will not let go of the opportunity to have a good relationship with He Wanglong, at this time, since he knew that He Wanglong personally came out to greet him, he would not let him wait for a long time, laughed, whipped the horse, and rushed towards the direction of Guancheng in the first place.

Looking at the smoke and dust in the distance, He Wanglong's old face couldn't help but **, according to the Tang system, this kind of work should not have been personally brought forward by him, the state assassin - in order to prevent the courtiers, the prince and the local collusion, there is a clear provision in the Tang law that the court officials are not allowed to have private relations with the locality, the court officials go out on patrol, and the local can only be received by the state Sima, and the state assassin can only interview the court officials in public and not meet privately, although Li Zhen is no longer the identity of the court official, but the identity of the prince is still there, This way up, all the states are greeted by the state Sima, the state assassin is only responsible for seeing off, but He Wanglong risked being impeached by the imperial history to personally go out of the horse but has a last resort, at this time seeing Li Zhen and his party have arrived close, Rao is He Wanglong has always been calm, but he can't help but have a little panic, hurriedly stretched out his hand to tidy up the original neat dress, so as to stabilize his mentality, waved his hand, signaled the drum music to sound in unison, but he came out of the crowd, led a group of subordinate officials of Zizhou to greet him, and dismounted from a long distance, Respectfully greet you by the side of the road.

After Li Zhen and his entourage stopped their horses, He Wanglong stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Xiaguan Guazhou Thorn Shi He Wanglong See His Royal Highness King Yue." ”

Oh, this old boy has a burly figure, he is worthy of being a military general, and it seems that he was a good general when he was young! Li Zhen saw that although He Wanglong was already gray, his body was still upright, and he was a capable general, and his heart moved, and his first impression of him was good, and he didn't hold it big, turned over and got off the horse, walked closer, smiled and bowed his hand and said: "There is a history of Lao He Thorn to welcome, Xiao Wang admires it in his heart." ”

"I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness is brave and martial, and today I see that it is really worthy of its name, and I can see His Highness's face, and I am fortunate to have three lives under the lower officials, His Royal Highness has arrived at Yumen Pass, and allowed his officials to do their best to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, Your Highness, please." He Wanglong didn't dare to accept Li Zhen's salute, so he hurriedly took a small step back and said very politely.

Uh-huh, there's a problem! Hey, this old boy is too enthusiastic, ha, courteous to others, there will be something to ask for! Li Zhen has an excellent memory, a Tang law is familiar with the chest, how can he not know the practice of the state assassin history not to greet the court officials, let alone the state assassin history must not be privately friends with the prince's iron law, of course, because the Anxi Protectorate is bordered by Yumen Pass, He Wanglong came forward to greet it It is also reasonable, but it is impossible for others to say anything if he does not come forward, it seems that this kind of thing can be done or not, under normal circumstances, the officials of the Tang Dynasty will not do it, after all, the pen of the imperial historians is not so easy to fool, but they have a number in their hearts, Li Zhen will not be stupid enough to break it on the spot, after all, there will be a place for this person in the future, at this time, when he heard He Wanglong's invitation, he would not refuse, and said with a smile: "If this is the case, then it will be nagging." ”

Seeing that Li Zhen did not refuse his invitation, a trace of excitement flashed in He Wanglong's eyes, and he was no longer polite, and waved his hand and said, "The banquet has been prepared, Your Highness, please!" ”

"What a thorn Shi please!" Li Zhen also smiled and made a gesture of please, and took the lead in walking towards the city, and He Wanglong walked half a shoulder behind him all the way to the city.

Yumen Pass is a border pass military town, the garrison is quite large, but the city is not large, because it is located in the main traffic road, but it is also prosperous, the streets and alleys of all kinds of people and so on are endless, people from all countries, blonde people are not old and young, when Li Zhen led his troops into the city, the onlookers blocked the entire street, together the audience in various Chinese dialects shouted there, the commentators, to really make Li Zhen open his eyes, if not for the fact that these "friendly people" are wearing shabby ancient clothes, Li Zhen definitely thought that she had arrived at Shanghai Beach in her previous life.

Although the Yumenguan Town Guard Mansion used as a welcome is not luxurious, and even some of them are shabby, but it does not affect the wine of the officials together, the "victory return" of the altar is quickly empty, but the wine strength is slowly rising, the guests and hosts have a drink, the atmosphere is lively and extraordinary, if it is not for Li Zhen himself is massive, most of his subordinates are born in the army, all of them have a good amount of wine, but I am afraid that I really can't drink these northwest men, Rao is like this, as the guest of honor Li Zhen was still almost drunk, at the end, it was really unbearable to persuade everyone's enthusiasm to drink, in desperation, I had to take the opportunity to go to the toilet, transport the "true yang recipe", and excrete the wine from the body, which avoided getting drunk and ugly on the spot, and finally sent the wine away, and then got out and went back to the backyard of the town guard mansion as a temporary residence, and was just going to appease the princess Pei Yan, who was tired of the saddle horse, but saw Yan Eighteen coming in a hurry, and came to Li Zhen's side with a strange face, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, He Tingshi sent someone to invite His Highness to a private meeting. ”

Hmm, which play is this old boy playing? Li Zhen frowned when she heard this, without him, Li Zhen tried to find out what He Wanglong's intentions were for hospitality, but He Wanglong always talked about other things, and refused to say anything, and now the wine banquet was dispersed, and he came to ask for a private meeting, if there is no strange thing here, how can Li Zhen believe it, but Li Zhen wanted to have a relationship with He Wanglong, but he didn't mind He Wanglong's pretense of being mysterious, so he smiled and said: "Okay, this king will go and talk to the princess, After a while, you and Yingda will go on a journey with this king. ”

"Yes." Yan Shibai didn't say anything more, saluted respectfully, and didn't mention it.

Tired, really tired, this journey for more than two months, Pei Yan is already too tired to work, without him, the means of transportation in this era are too bad, although Li Zhen is a prince, and he has money in his hands, the carriage is decorated with wide and generous atmosphere, and the horses pulling the carriage are all good horses, but the problem is that the road is too rugged, Rao is Pei Yan can barely be regarded as a person who can ride a horse and shoot arrows, but after all, it is still the majority of everyone's beautiful components, this road is bumpy down, it is already sleepy, hurriedly used some meals, went to bed early, but couldn't sleep, At this time, seeing Li Zhen enter the door, he forced himself to get up to greet him, and the pale color on his face shocked Li Zhen rushed forward with a brisk step, hugged Pei Yan into his arms, and asked one after another: "Yan'er, what's wrong with you?" But sick? ”

"No, no, yes." Pei Yan leaned on Li Zhen's strong chest, felt the heat coming from Li Zhen's body, lowered her head, blushed, and muttered in a low voice.

What? Pregnant? Yes! Li Zhen was stupid all of a sudden, her mouth was wide open, and she couldn't come to her senses for a long time, and then hugged Pei Yan regardless of it, and shouted out in a hurry: "Oh, oh, oh, good Yan'er, I want to be a father!" ”

"Hey, don't, don't, let me down, be careful of the child!" Seeing that Li Zhen was so carried away, Pei Yan's face suddenly turned red with shame, and she hurriedly reached out to cover Li Zhen's unobstructed mouth, and said something disgustingly.

"Hehe, that's, that's." Li Zhen knew that the fetus could not be alarmed at this time, so how dare she be more presumptuous, so she hurriedly put Pei Yan on the bed lightly, and said with a shy face: "Good Yan'er, what time is this, tell this king quickly." ”

Pei Yan's face turned red, and she glanced at Li Zhen and said: "The concubine hasn't come to that last month, I thought it was a mistake, but before she came this month, the concubine called Mother Liu to come and see it, and then I knew ......" Pei Yan's words became more and more detailed, and they were already inaudible when they arrived.

Mother Liu is Li Shimin's palace stable woman who was given by Li Zhen for Li Zhen's upcoming trip, and she is specifically responsible for childbirth, her words will naturally not be false, at this time, Li Zhen is 100% sure that she is going to be a father, how can she still endure the joy in her heart, she was so excited that she turned around in the room a few times, rubbed her hands and said: "Great, hehe, great, come, let this king listen to the movements of the little guy" Li Zhen said while making a gesture to lean into Pei Yan's arms.

Pei Yan was immediately ashamed when she saw this, rolled up, buried her head in her arms, and said with a red face: "Don't, don't, how can it be so fast, there will be no movement in two months, this is what Mother Liu said." ”

"Hehe......" Li Zhen smirked and scratched her head, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted: "Oh, it's not good, this child can't stand the bumps, or we will wait here, wait for the child to be born and then go, and the left and right will not be bad for that time, so it's decided!" ”

Seeing that Li Zhen didn't know how to pretend to understand, Pei Yan was immediately amused, and laughed out loud and said: "Silly melon, it's been three months, look at you are so anxious that you have such a virtuous ......"

Trimester? Damn, dare to love us, we're really sharpshooters, hehe, cool! As soon as Li Zhen counted the time, it was not that Pei Yan was pregnant soon after the wedding, and immediately laughed proudly, and the laughter was full of pride......

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