Two days later.

There was a light rain in the sky, and the mist shrouded the entire Qinjiazhuang, green trees, mountain villas, rivers, cattle and sheep, frolicking children, and the sound of Lang reading aloud, all integrated into one, just like an ink painting.

Qinjiazhuang stood still on the top of the mountain, holding an umbrella and silently admiring all this, feeling a little reluctant in his heart.

I have been in this world for two years, and I have created everything in front of me, brick by brick, tree all the way, all the way to the sweat, and now I want to stay away, start from scratch, and hope that the road ahead is better.

"Stomp, stomp!"

There was the sound of footsteps trampling on the rain behind him, and then a neutral voice sounded: "Uncle, the prime minister is here, it seems that he is in a hurry, and he has been arranged in the reception room." ”

Qin Huaidao turned around and went back and handed the umbrella to Luo Wu, who came over to report.

Luo Wu followed with an umbrella, and continued: "Uncle, it can't be something in the imperial court, right?" ”

"What do you want to say?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"No, I'm just worried about whether it will affect the trip."

Qin Huaidao was stunned for a moment, didn't explain much, sped up a few points, hurried back to the house, came to the reception room, saw Fang Xuanling pouring himself a drink, and said with a smile: "Uncle Fang, there must be something wrong with coming over on this rainy day, right?" ”

Fang Xuanling treated Qin Huaidao as a nephew, and every time he treated himself as an outsider, he went straight to the point: "In the words of the saint, I have to come, three things, one is that the king of Jin needs to hold a ceremony to crown the prince, and the time is set for ten days later, the saint hopes that you can see and witness." ”

Participate, witnessing means recognition of the crown prince, Li Er's abacus crackled, Qin Huaidao smiled without saying a word, and looked at Fang Xuanling noncommittally.

Fang Xuanling didn't persuade much, and continued: "The second thing, the Holy Lord hopes that you can take command of the expedition and crusade against Tibet. ”

Qin Huaidao still smiled and didn't say anything, and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

Fang Xuanling still didn't persuade much, and continued: "The third thing, Princess Yuzhang's body has fully recovered, and the saint asked the old man to come over to discuss the marriage date with you, how do you decide on these three things?" I'm going to go back to my life. ”

"Three days later, Qinjiazhuang will hold Luo Zhang's wedding, if the saint agrees, and Yuzhang's wedding will be done together, small, simple, not big, the saint does not agree to be too simple, forget it, the time saint decides, I don't care, as for the two things of watching the ceremony and going out, there is no time!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Okay, after the business is over, let's talk about private matters, the old man who is unwilling to take command of the expedition can understand, can you tell me why you don't go to the ceremony?" ”

Qin Huaidao didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "Originally, I planned to leave Luo Zhang after marriage, then it was set on the day of the ceremony of King Jin being crowned the prince, the saint didn't care about anything else, it would be much more convenient when he left, if the saint came to keep it in person, it would be troublesome." ”

"That's right, rewarding the prince is a big deal, the court can't be busy, and the saint has no time to take care of it, this day is a good choice, but it can't be leaked, the old man is also ready, and let Fang Yiai leave with you when the time comes."

"Set off at the right time, so as not to alarm the people of Chang'an City, let Fang Yiai go out of the city one day in advance, avoid causing unnecessary trouble, find a place to wait on the road outside the city, and meet."

"That's better, the old man goes first." Fang Xuanling got up and said goodbye, as for other things, how did the others arrange them, but he didn't ask.

Qin Huaidao sent people out of the house, hurriedly came to the backyard to find He'er and Li Xueyan, and advised: "Ten days later, King Jin will be crowned the crown prince, let's leave this day, He'er, let the women's workshop make a batch of hot air balloons these days, just make it according to the previous drawings, clothes and shoes are all done, right?" ”

"Everything will be done as required, and it will be transported back to Qinjiazhuang in the next two days." He'er hurriedly said.

"Then you have to, Hanzhou is cold, you can't do it without warm clothes, inquire secretly, see who is willing to go to Hanzhou, and bring those who are willing to go, pack the tools and equipment the day before departure, and take them all to Hanzhou to continue production, mainly secret." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Understood!" He'er hurriedly agreed.

Qin Huaidao looked at Li Xueyan and continued: "Explain Xiaoyu, don't replenish the stock in the East Market Store recently, sell out the hoarded goods, pack the ones that can't be sold out secretly before leaving, and transport them all back to Qinjiazhuang, and the personnel will arrange to go to the barbecue bar, hot pot city or department store, and those who don't want to go will be dismissed after giving a fee." ”

"Understood!" Li Xueyan also agreed, thought of something, and asked rhetorically: "Are you leaving Uncle Jia behind?" ”

Qin Huaidao's face was bitter, and he said helplessly: "Uncle Jia would rather die, and I can't help it, not to mention that Uncle Jia is old, it is not suitable for long-distance travel, the bitter cold in the Western Regions may not be able to stand it, if you don't go, you won't go, as long as we develop well in Hanzhou, no one in Chang'an will dare to touch Uncle Jia." ”

"The reason is this reason, that is, Uncle Jia is old, and it is said that he should take care of his old age, and he can't bear to stay alone." Li Xueyan said helplessly.

"It's okay, a group of old people in the house will stay, there are three industries: barbecue bar, hot pot city and department store, enough for Uncle Jia to be busy, he won't be bored, it's just a lifetime of hard work, I can't bear it in my heart, forget it, don't talk about this, you tell the person in charge of the Tianwang Chang'an branch to ensure Uncle Jia's safety."

Li Xueyan nodded and wrote it down, and asked rhetorically, "What about Sister Yuzhang's side?" ”

Qin Huaidao continued: "On the day of departure, the saint was busy with the coronation ceremony of the crown prince, and he didn't care about anything else, you went to the harem in a while, if Yuzhang was willing, he would quietly leave the palace that day and catch up, if he didn't want to, don't force it." ”

"Are you letting people elope?" Li Xueyan rolled her eyes angrily, the princess eloped with someone, and said that she didn't want to go out and have a royal face?

He'er is not a royal family, and her thinking angle is different from Li Xueyan's, and she objected: "You can't say that, you can't spend a month recuperating if you fall into the water and get sick, right?" The saint has not held a wedding for a long time, I am afraid that he wants to use Princess Yuzhang to take care of the young master, force the young master to do things, and when we leave, Princess Yuzhang will not follow, I am afraid that she will marry someone else. ”

Li Xueyan thought about it made sense, the one in the Taiji Hall could do anything for political interests, and he was afraid that he really had an idea if he dragged the wedding not to be held, and promised: "What He'er said makes sense, then I'll go and prepare, go now, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Qin Huaidao looked at the two women, not only did they not fight for the wind and be jealous, but they rushed to help persuade other women, if this was impossible in the future generations, why didn't such a good tradition continue?

After chatting for a while, Qin Huaidao entered Chang'an City with Li Xueyan, got off secretly halfway, entered the Weiguo Mansion, explained the itinerary, chatted for a while and went to the Eguo Mansion, and then quietly rushed to the meeting point, just as Li Xueyan came out of the palace and quickly got in the car.

"Promised?" Qin Huaidao asked after sitting down.

"I agreed, however, Yuzhang said that the guards were strengthened, and I don't know if I can come out, she said that she will find a way."

"Strengthened guards, sure enough?" Qin Huaidao's eyes narrowed.

Li Xueyan said with some resentment: "I set the wedding date a month ago, although I fell into the water and got sick, but it will be fine in a few days, it is said that it should have been redone earlier, but it has been delayed for a month, and it has not been fixed so far, there must be a problem." ”

"The saint wants to use Yuzhang to blackmail me, and wants me to take command and go out on an expedition to crusade against Tibet." Qin Huaidao said and told Fang Xuanling about the three things he mentioned.

Li Xueyan has extremely high political acumen, and she can understand it at one point, and said dissatisfiedly: "I see, the Holy One is really ...... At the beginning, Tubo wanted to marry the princess with himself, but the saint didn't want his daughter to marry far away, so he wanted to recognize me as a righteous daughter and be named a princess, and now he wants to use Yuzhang to pinch Langjun, it's really ...... Forget it, don't talk about this. ”

remembered that Li Xueyan was angry when he almost married Tubo at the beginning, but after all, he was an elder of the same clan, and he criticized the elders for being rude, not a gentleman, pouting and not speaking.

Qin Huaidao didn't speak, thinking about his thoughts.

The carriage rolled forward.

When he returned to Qinjiazhuang, Qin Huaidao drilled into the workshop again, a month was still too short, the artillery shells were enough to fight a tough battle, but the war to destroy the country was still too far away, after some weighing, Qin Huaidao told Luo Wu to select more people to make some explosives bags for backup, just in case, he continued to make shells.

Time is lost imperceptibly, and another five days have passed before you know it.

An expected, but shocking news came, the Turks had sent troops.

Different from Qin Huaidao's estimate, the Turkic soldiers were divided into two routes, one way to attack Xizhou, with a force of 100,000 troops, using a crossbow, Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Xizhou, resisted desperately and suffered heavy losses, and the other way attacked Hanzhou, with the same 100,000 troops, and crossbows also appeared, Xue Rengui defended the city and temporarily blocked it.

The 200,000 main forces of the Western Regions continued to follow up, and they were fierce.

Qin Huaidao was a little shocked when he saw the news, the Turks actually dispatched an army of 400,000, this is a dumping of the nest, ready to launch a national war, and take the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop?

Also, how could the Turks have repeaters?

How is this possible?