In July of the first year of Jian'an, Li Li, who had been in Chang'an for two months, once again led the Jinyi Guards out of the city and went all the way west to Fufeng County.

After leaving the city, Li Li led 300 light horsemen to take the lead and rushed to the Fufeng County Shoufu within two days. Subsequently, 2,000 Jinqi Guard cavalry escorted more than ten vehicles to Fufeng County, traveling thirty miles a day, and the marching speed was very slow, which was the car of the wives of the generals.

Many of the beautiful wives and concubines in Li Li's mansion were very thoughtful, and on the occasion of the great joy of the Fufeng Ma family, and at the turn of summer and autumn, the landscape of Liangzhou was picturesque and the scenery was pleasant, so the general's wife unanimously discussed a collective outing.

In this matter, General Li did not have much say, and the decision within the family, the minority obeyed the majority, and defeated him by an overwhelming margin. General Li, who was defeated, dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he had to succumb to the female authority of a group of beautiful wives and concubines, and sent heavy troops to protect the safety along the way, and Shi A, the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, personally led the troops to escort them.

Traveling with the United States is really a great pleasure in life, but Li Li does not have this blessing, and must rush to Fufeng Ma's house in advance to handle Ma Chao's wedding preparations.

This is what he personally promised his uncle Ma Chao in July last year to officiate the marriage of Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying, and personally organized the wedding. Ma Teng was very displeased with this family affair and resolutely disagreed, but the official was crushed to death. His son-in-law and father-in-law Li Li came forward to be a matchmaker, which made Ma Teng dare not speak out, and finally stiffened his neck to accept the marriage.

However, Ma Teng is by no means a good person, he has been stubborn all his life, but when he is old, he is put together by his son-in-law and son. This made him lose face, and he pushed the preparations for the wedding to Li Li to handle. and put on a tone of an old man, not allowing Li Li to refuse. The matter has come to this point, even though General Li Li is powerful. You can't deny your six relatives. The father-in-law entrusted his son-in-law to organize the wedding for his eldest brother, although it is a bit far-fetched, but it is also reasonable, how can he refuse?

So Li Li agreed, after all, this was something entrusted to him by his concubine Mengxin, and asked him to promote the marriage of Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying. After Mengxin followed him with all her heart, she didn't want to be named. Don't take gold or silver, let alone fine clothes, food, glory and wealth, and ask for almost nothing. And the marriage of Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying is her only request.

Therefore, Li Li wants to promote this marriage no matter what, even if he forcibly ties the two together. Therefore, even if Ma Teng is unwilling to do so, it is useless, and this marriage is a certainty. No one can stop it.

In fact. Li Li knew that Ma Teng was not an unreasonable person, just to take care of his face, and he couldn't let go of his old face.

It is said that the Zhang family in Hanzhong offered to marry him, and Mengxin came forward to marry Zhang Qiying to Ma Chao, so that a pair of lovers would eventually become married. Unexpectedly, Ma Teng inserted a stick horizontally, resolutely disagreed, and forcibly broke up a pair of like-minded mandarin ducks. At that time, Ma Teng refused. There is no room at all, claiming that the dog will be beaten for the rest of his life. will never let Zhang Qiying step into the door of the Ma family for half a step. When he said this, Ma Teng was very confident, because he was the leader of the Xiliang princes at that time, and there was nothing in the Xiliang realm that Ma Teng couldn't do.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and the situation in Xiliang has changed abruptly. Li Li was born out of thin air, and the rise of the foreign army caused Ma Teng's status as the leader of Xiliang to take a sharp turn for the worse, and after defeat after defeat, his daughter and son turned against each other, making Ma Teng become Li Li's prisoner, and finally put himself in. Don't you hear that there is no such thing as a blessing, and that there is no one way to do it? Just when Ma Teng finally adjusted his mentality and planned to do his best to assist his son-in-law to achieve hegemony, the old affairs of the Zhang family were brought up again, and the marriage of Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying was once again put on the table. How can Ma Teng be embarrassed and faced?

When Ma Teng was young, the elders of the clan once jokingly called him "Xiliang Liema", with a stubborn personality, and a stubborn vowed not to look back hidden in his bones, and he would never repent of what he believed. Ma Teng is like this, as the saying goes, if there is a father, there must be a son, Ma Chao's character also follows him, he is upright and stubborn by nature, and ten cows can't pull it back. This is how his relationship with Zhang Qiying is.

The old Qin people attach great importance to family affection, regard their parents, wives and children and family as their lives, and all they ask for in their lives is for their families, and they do not hesitate to take their lives for this, and are not afraid of life and death.

Ma Teng is an authentic old Qin man in his bones, he loves his children, and knows that Ma Chao likes the Zhang family girl, but he thinks Zhang Qiying is too charming and rejects her, lest Ma Chao be greedy for women, which is not good for him, and delays his good future. In fact, this is also a kind of fatherly love, but it is a pity that this kind of love is often not understood, but because of this, there are differences, so that the father and son turn against each other, and the contradictions are irreconcilable.

However, when it comes to the roots, Ma Teng also has the heart to lick the calf, watching his son's age grow day by day, and taking concubines for several years but nothing has come out. Therefore, this time Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying were able to come together again, Ma Teng was happy in his heart, but he couldn't pull his face, his heart was bubbling with joy, but he didn't let go of his mouth, and stubbornly pushed the marriage to his son-in-law Li Li to organize.

What is the purpose of Ma Teng's this, maybe Ma Chao, Zhang Qiying, and even the Ma family brothers can't think of it, but Li Li knows this very well, and he just tacitly understands it with Ma Teng. This move seems to be angry, or Ma Teng's reluctance to this family business, but it is not. This is Ma Teng's intention to elevate the status of the Ma family in Xiliang, deliberately narrowing the distance between his son Ma Chao and Li Li, prompting Ma Chao to become more and more loyal to Li Li, and also making Li Li more and more trusting of Ma Chao, so that Ma Chao's future can be described as bright and promising.

After all, Li Li's current power and status are extraordinary, and there are only a handful of civil and military generals who can let him personally organize the wedding, except for the group wedding of Li Xian and many military generals who were organized by Si Li after the Great War, as well as the weddings of Li Xuan, Guo Jia, Huan Fei and Xu Chu, Ma Chao is the only one. It can be seen that Ma Teng's move is really well-intentioned, and the heart of his beloved son can be learned from heaven and earth.

Li Li knew Ma Teng's true intentions, but he still pretended not to know, and went to Fufeng County to prepare for the wedding in person. This is not only for Ma Teng and Ma Chao, one of the Five Tiger Generals, but the most important thing is that this marriage was entrusted to him by Mengxin. And most importantly, it is?????? His appointment with Mengxin is approaching, even if there is no such thing as Ma Chao's wedding. He will also come to Wudu County Qiang Road to have a tryst with Mengxin. It was an agreement between them, and he had been waiting for a full year for it.

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Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying's wedding was held as scheduled, and it was very smooth. It was very grand, and the two families gathered together, and they were all happy.

Although the civil and military officials under Li Li's command with a rank of more than 2,000 stone did not arrive, they all sent people to send a "thin gift" to express their blessings and express their hearts.

This is a small gift in the true sense of the word. All wedding and funeral banquets under the rule of Xiliang had strict regulations, and officials above the county guard were not allowed to accept more than ten taels of gold and silver gifts for any reason, once verified. Severe punishment will not be granted. As for the correspondence of officials below the county guard, they are all based on 1,000 yuan, which is only a little, otherwise they are all regarded as accepting bribes. After verification, all officials will be dismissed from office. Forever not hired.

Therefore, under the rule of Xiliang, the officials of the four states were clear and clean, and it was rare to accept gifts or bribes on a large scale. At the same time, after the Xiliang Mansion treasury was increasingly full, the income of officials under Li Li's rule also rose, and the income of county-level officials increased by 40 percent, and that of county-level officials increased by 30 percent. Jiuqing and Sangong Lulu increased by two percent, and the salary was high and incorruptible. The legislation is strict, and everyone is happy.

Therefore, Ma Chao did not receive much gift money for his wedding, but Li Li waved his hand and rewarded Ma Chao with 300 gold, ten cars of silk and satin, and prepared a new mansion for Ma Chao in Chang'an, and the reward was extremely rich.

?????? It's the night of the full moon again. The cool breeze is blowing on the green pine ridge, and a green pine several zhang high stands on the hill.

The bright moon, green pine, green oka stone, the evening breeze blows, and they reflect each other, just like the scenes of the past.

The same scenery, the same midsummer night, the same high view, the same sitting on the long stone slab, but the figure is alone, alone.

This is the back mountain of the Qiangdao camp that was stationed here when the Western Liang army conquered Hanzhong last year. This mountain is nameless, but it is named because Li Li left the Qiang Road camp to carve the word "green pine" on the rock below the mountain, and then this inconspicuous mountain has a name——— Qingsong Ridge.

When Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying were newly married, Li Li and Li Zhi rushed to the former Qiangdao camp with more than 100 horsemen and stars. The camp has disappeared, replaced by an elegant and quiet courtyard, built facing south from the north, with two courtyards in front and back, plus two courtyards on the east and west sides, a total of six courtyards.

Li Zhi was responsible for the construction of this courtyard, and no one except him and Li Li knew who would build this mansion in the middle of the mountains. The plaque at the main entrance reads "Green Pine", which is neither a house nor a house, and it is unclear, so that pedestrians who occasionally pass by here cannot know the identity of the owner of the other courtyard. There are 20 servants and handymen in the courtyard who are responsible for taking care of the courtyard, and there is a large vegetable garden behind the backyard, so the servants can be self-sufficient and rarely go out, and the main gate is closed all year round, and there is no one in sight.

On a full moon night, Li Li sat alone on the hill, with a jar of wine beside him, and drank affectionately and melancholy while looking at the reckless mountains in the southwest. So far, he has been waiting here for three days, watching the moon turn round day by day, but he has not waited for the shadow of his thoughts.

"Bang bang bang!" In the sound of squirming stones, Ma Chao and Zhang Qiying, who were newly married Yan'er, came together and helped each other to climb up the hill. Seeing Li Li sitting alone on the stone slab on the edge of the cliff drinking alcohol, Zhang Qiying took the burden in Ma Chao's hand and motioned for him to wait under the pine tree, so he walked behind Li Li with the burden.

"Brother-in-law, you left in too much of a hurry, and I went to look for you after Meng Qi and I visited the church, only to know that you had left. The two of us hurried and hurried, and after some inquiry, we found this place, and finally we didn't delay our business. ”

After explaining the reason softly, Zhang Qiying handed over the burden in her hand to Li Li, and said happily: "This is what my sister asked me to hand over to you, she can't get away from something and can't go to the appointment, please don't be angry." ”

Li Li stood up suddenly, stepped in front of Zhang Qiying, and said urgently: "Mengxin won't miss the appointment lightly, you tell me quickly, what's wrong with her, is something wrong?" ”

Seeing that Li Li looked like he wanted to choose someone to devour, Zhang Qiying was so frightened that she trembled all over, and hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, sister, she's fine." It's just that?????? She couldn't help herself, and she really couldn't go to the appointment. ”

"Involuntarily?" When Li Li heard this, he was anxious, and said sharply: "Don't be struggling, let's talk about what's wrong with her?" ”

"This 、、、" Zhang Qiying was embarrassed when she heard this, and before leaving, Mengxin repeatedly told her to let her hide it on her behalf, and she couldn't say it anyway. But now it seems that it will not work if she doesn't say it, otherwise Li Li will not let her go, even if Ma Chao stands behind him, it will not help.

"Sister, she?????? She has a baby. Just over a month ago, my sister gave birth to a boy, so 、、、"

Without waiting for Zhang Qiying to finish speaking, Li Li muttered to himself in surprise and joy: "Mengxin has a child?????? Hahaha! Good, good, great, that's my baby! ”

While talking, Li Li strode down the mountain, laughing as he walked, and the hearty laughter stirred on the hill and echoed in the jungle for a long time.

—————— [Solemnly thank you to the book friend Murong Fufu monthly ticket support, thank you!] —————— to be continued———————————— (To be continued......

PS: Today finally ushered in a late push, and Tiger Ben didn't know what to say.

Thanks to the editor-in-charge expedition and the editor-in-chief of black tea, without their full support, Xiaoqi would not have been able to walk today, and even almost died halfway, let alone a strong push.

Tiger Ben sincerely thanks the book friends who have been silently supporting Xiaoqi, it is the careful care of the book friends, Tiger Ben can persist until now, unconsciously over three million words, without any pause in between, the writing tends to be soft, and the whole story is coherent. The motivation comes from all the book friends, for which Hu Ben is grateful.

Finally, I hope that book friends will support monthly passes and recommended tickets, and decorate the façade to some extent, so as not to be looked down upon. Xiaoqi can be poor, but he lives a hard and iron life, which requires the book friends who have always supported Xiaoqi to support him and let him go through this last journey smoothly.

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