The friendship between the two was not shallow, but very deep. Yi Shiying was the first local official to support Li Xia.
However, when they reunited after a long separation, Yi Shiying always had a sullen face and ignored Li Xia's warm greetings.
"I have lived a very painful past two years." Yi Shiying was finally willing to speak, speaking sincerely from his heart, "As long as I have the ability to prevent you from betraying the Song Dynasty, I will never sit idly by..."
"You know, it is impossible for Zhao and Song Dynasty to regain the Central Plains, but I can, and it is right before my eyes."
"How can I not understand this truth?" Yi Shiying said: "It is precisely because I understand that I feel pain. As a minister of the Song Dynasty, I betrayed the Song Dynasty, and my conscience is uneasy."
Li Xia said: "Victory can relieve this pain. I believe that the moment Yi Qing enters Yanjing, all he will feel is glory. Isn't it Yi Qing's ambition to pacify the world and restore the world?"
He has said these statements many times, and as his strength continues to grow, the credibility of these statements is getting higher and higher.
Even Lu Xiufu was explained.
Of course Yi Shiying also had hesitation, but after having guarded Yunnan for many years, his thoughts were more difficult to change than those of young people.
Sometimes he would also talk to Wang Cui about this difficult feeling of leaving.
Zaixiang took a closer look and saw that Lu Xiaoyou was frequently looking back in that direction, and Wang Cui was about to leave but then turned back.
"I can owe you a favor. How about recruiting someone for me in two days?"
She looked at Li Xia and wondered why he suddenly said that.
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May will soon arrive.
I originally thought that Yi Shiying could tolerate it from proclaiming himself King of Qin to proclaiming himself emperor and brought back soldiers and horses from Yunnan according to the order. Maybe he had already figured it out.
"Hey, Li Xia..."
"Um."
As a new bride, Wang Cui pulled up all her hair. She looked a little more charming than before, but she was still not pretty.
Hard work paid off, and Wang Cui finally accepted his marriage proposal.
I looked down and saw that it was indeed Zhao Jin.
"Say it."
Although Li Xia had expected it, he still felt disappointed.
After many discussions, the Tang army set the date for the Northern Expedition on May 22nd.
The two were newly married, and Mrs. Feng also liked her daughter-in-law, and the family was enjoying themselves happily.
"Wang Cui is someone close to me, so I won't let your people bully her."
Li Xia was stunned for a moment, feeling like he was in a dream.
"Oh, then I won't help you."
"Okay then." Zhao Jin agreed, suddenly feeling a little stupid because such a simple thing even alarmed the emperor of a country.
But in front of Lu Xiaoyou, her stout figure was just right. This was what farmers liked in their wives. Wang Cui's temperament also had the characteristics of Jiangnan women, and was not rustic at all. In short, it was all to his liking.
"Know."
As a result, on the day of the wedding, Liu Jinsuo kept shouting that he was Lu Xiaoyou's matchmaker, and there was a big misunderstanding, which actually contributed to this happy event and insisted on sitting at the main table.
"Um?"
After Zhao Jin said that, she hurried down the tower. She felt that she needed to have a good talk with Wang Cui.
"Aren't you unwilling?"
"I don't want to owe you a favor."
Although he was noisy, he actually wanted to take this opportunity to clarify the misunderstanding, and he still had a good heart.
The next moment, I heard him continue to say: "But their wedding was held before the Northern Expedition."
In fact, Gao Mingyue and Zhang Wenjing would sometimes call him by his name in the boudoir, but their tone was usually gentle and affectionate.
We have basically prepared all the food and grass supplies we can.
Zhao Jin was stunned for a moment.
Zhao Jin lowered his head and said, "Didn't you want to be held back by Song Ting during the Northern Expedition? Would it be smoother for me to step in?"
This answer was somewhat unexpected to Zhao Jin, so she asked again: "Do you know?"
"It's a small thing to you, but it's a big thing to me."
"Oh...right." Zhao Jin came back to his senses, nodded repeatedly, and then shook his head again and again, "No, how do I know if he is worthy of Wang Cui's trust?"
"Okay, if you have any requests, just ask. You're not polite at all."
After that, she was seen running up the stairs, panting: "Li Xia, I have something to ask you."
Lu Xiaoyou cares more about getting married.
Li Xia's eyes turned to Zhao Jin's face.
"Like recruiting Wang Yinglin?"
It's been several years since I heard someone call him that rudely.
"Aren't you sick? Run slowly."
Of course, it doesn't matter whether Liu Jinsuo has a good heart or not.
Li Xia is very busy preparing for the Northern Expedition these days. A few words with Zhao Jin today, which simply solved a problem and added a happy event, seemed like a small spice to him.
In this regard, Mrs. Feng was very stubborn. Although Lu Xiaoyou was a general, he could not ask his mother to impose any prohibitions based on military laws.
Lu Xiaoyou set the wedding date on May 18th.
But since Zhao Jin came forward to meet Yi Shiying, her identity became less and less secret. Therefore, Lu Xiaoyou told Liu Jinsuo that Yi Shiying was referring to Wang Cui's identity.
Standing on a high place and watching a man and a woman secretly falling in love, Zhao Jin found it quite interesting.
"You can ask Yan Rong, I told her this morning."
"Lu Xiaoyou proposed marriage to Wang Cui, but Wang Cui didn't agree because he was afraid of making you uncomfortable. Lu Xiaoyou was afraid of revealing your identities when talking to others, and was misunderstood as having something to hide and didn't explain. It's as simple as that."
The Tang army has roughly completed the mobilization and reorganization of troops and horses.
He finally proposed to resign and become an official.
Zhao Jin looked at the guards around him and said, "You all go down."
Zhao Jin didn't say anything until everyone else had gone away, then he said, "Do you know about Lu Xiaoyou?"
He withdrew his gaze from Zhao Jin's back and continued busy.
Li Xia glanced out the window and said, "They are in love, why should they owe me any favors?"
More importantly, they lived and died together.
After Yi Shiying retreated, he was sitting there rubbing his forehead when he suddenly heard a crisp voice calling his name.
As Zhao Jin said this, he walked to the window here and looked out. He saw that Wang Cui below was unable to get close to the generals and was stopped by the soldiers.
When the request for advice was sent to Liu Jinsuo, Liu Jinsuo was very surprised and asked Lu Xiaoyou how he could still get married since he had something to hide. Wouldn't this be harmful to his wife?
After May 18th, he began to look forward to the day passing slower, to May 22nd later.
"Let her come here." Seeing that the guard was about to stop her again, Li Xia still ordered.
It's just that he felt that the wedding date was too long, and it was definitely inappropriate to leave home after only three or four days after getting married, so he wished he could move the wedding date to the earliest possible date. However, his mother, Feng, asked a fortune teller to predict this date, which was the most suitable for him.
Birthday with Wang Cui.
"Okay." Li Xia was still busy and said casually: "We have decided to get married..."
No one paid attention to her until Li Xia waved her hand.
She was about to leave the tower, took two steps, then turned back and asked: "Hey, do you need me to help you contact Song Ting?"
"Leave me alone."
"Aren't you happy to hear about the war?" Wang Cuisui asked, "Can you still not want to go to the Northern Expedition just because you are getting married?"
"Um."
So, he was almost counting the days on his fingers, looking forward to May 18th as soon as possible.
"Of course I want to go to the Northern Expedition." Lu Xiaoyou said: "Only when the world is stable can we live a good life. I understand the reason, but I just can't bear to do it."
"that's all?"
"Does that mean that by marrying you, I am delaying your success?"
Lu Xiaoyou thought about it carefully and said, "I want to fight the Northern Expedition even more. I must not lose. I want to protect our home."
Wang Cui also hugged him and said: "After marrying you, I feel that I am also a Tang Dynasty person, and I will also protect our family."
The reason why I say this is that after all, she is also highly skilled in martial arts. Now as the wife of a general of the Tang Army, she gradually began to want to contribute to the new Tang Dynasty.