Volume 1: Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 85: How to avoid it
"Since I, Old Cheng, have the right of priority, I have to use it as soon as possible. Besides, that awesome nose will definitely stumbling upon me, Old Cheng. This is called striking first to gain the upper hand!" Cheng Yaojin said proudly of his own analyze.
Lu Chen played with the folding fan and listened to Cheng Yaojin's words, and secretly praised Cheng Yaojin in his heart. Anyone who thinks that this duke who has been able to survive three dynasties is a reckless man, then he is a fool.
"Then Wei Zheng will also say goodbye today. I'm afraid Duke Su will leave soon!" Lu Chen directly told Cheng Yaojin that Wei Zheng also said goodbye to him.
"What?!" As soon as he heard that Wei Zheng had left Niangziguan, Cheng Yaojin stood up from the chair with a "swish", "Then I have to leave quickly!" Cheng Yaojin cupped his hand at Lu Chen and directly He greeted Cheng Fei and quickly walked out of the main room.
Cheng Yaojin was walking in a hurry, and Liu Laosan happened to be walking towards here carrying a hot water bottle. Cheng Yaojin and Liu Laosan almost bumped into each other.
"Ouch!" Liu Laosan was immediately startled by Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin cupped his hands towards Liu Laosan and said, "Sorry!" After that, he hurried away with Cheng Fei.
"Ah?!" Seeing Cheng Yaojin apologize to him, Liu Laosan froze on the spot, staring blankly at Cheng Yaojin's back as he left.
"What's the matter, Lao Liu?" Lu Chen also noticed Liu Laosan who was standing there in a daze, and called out to Liu Laosan.
"Sir, am I dreaming?" Liu Laosan looked at Lu Chen with an unbelievable expression.
"Just a dream?" Lu Chen didn't understand what Liu Laosan meant.
"Just now, the Duke of the State saluted me!" Liu Laosan put down the kettle in his hand and pointed in the direction of the courtyard door with trembling hands.
In Liu Laosan's mind, he had offended the Duke of Guo, not to mention the Duke of Guo. When he was working in the blacksmith workshop, he collided with the steward, but the steward slapped him and cursed: "Blinding your dog eyes!"
But today, he bumped into the dignified Duke Su, and Duke Su actually clasped his fists and apologized to him. How could Liu Laosan not be surprised and moved?
"Oh, he almost bumped into you, shouldn't he apologize to you?" Lu Chen said nonchalantly.
"But the slave almost hit the Duke just now! Shouldn't the master scold the slave?" Liu Laosan looked at Lu Chen in surprise. Liu Laosan was surprised that Lu Chen actually thought that Duke Su was apologizing to him. It should be fair. You must know that in this society with clear hierarchies and human lives are as important as grass, if Cheng Yaojin had just cut him with a knife, there would be no problem.
When Lu Chen listened to Liu Laosan's words, he didn't even know what to say. Could he tell Liu Laosan: "All people are born equal, but the division of labor is different?" Lu Chen couldn't say such things to future generations, then in this world If word of the times spreads, Lu Chen will be killed directly. He will be labeled as "committing chaos" and "having no principles." Lu Chen thought for a moment, looked at Liu Laosan and said: "Ah, I guess it’s to give my military advisor face! Haven’t you heard of the third-rank official in front of the prime minister’s door? Then Lord Su Guo has asked me for help, so how can I embarrass you?”
"Well! It should be! It should be!" Hearing Lu Chen's explanation, Liu Laosan kept nodding his head. Naturally, his ordinary status was different from that of his master. His master was a man with hands and eyes, and Su The reason why the Duke doesn't care about him is probably because he is an adult's servant.
"Okay, I'm going out! Just pack these things!" Lu Chen told Liu Laosan, and Lu Chen hurried out of the courtyard and went straight to Li Xiuning's mansion.
Arriving at Li Xiuning's residence, Lu Chen met Li Xiuning under the leadership of Lu Qiuming.
When Lu Chen saw Li Xiuning, he saw that Li Xiuning was wearing a goose-yellow chest-length skirt with half an arm cover, and was doing red embroidery in her hands. At this time, Li Xiuning did not look like a dashing and heroic female general.
She was a quiet woman living in a boudoir in the high court. Lu Chen looked around and saw Li Xiuning embroidering mandarin ducks on a brocade handkerchief.
"Your Highness, you've got half a day's leisure to embroider a brocade silk handkerchief with wild ducks?" Lu Chen shook his folding fan and looked at the "Mandarin Duck" on the brocade handkerchief and couldn't help but joke. Even though Li Xiuning was so powerful in leading the troops in battle, it was really his turn.
As a female celebrity, Lu Chen's evaluation was "can't bear to look at her"!
"What wild duck!" Hearing Lu Chen's teasing, Li Xiuning glared and gave Lu Chen a white eye, "I am clearly embroidering mandarin ducks!"
"Yes! Yes! Yuanyang! Yuanyang!" Lu Chen said with a smile, while Lu Qiuming on the side covered his mouth and snickered.
Li Xiuning stopped embroidering, threw the brocade handkerchief on the table, looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Are you here just to tease me?"
"No! I don't mean to tease the princess!" Lu Chen hurriedly said with his hands, "It's just that Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin have already left. Didn't His Highness tell them to leave tomorrow? I didn't expect that they would have left today! The two of them just left.
I'm bidding farewell to you. I don't know if Your Highness knows about this, so I came here to report it!" Lu Chen said it in a serious manner.
"I already know about this! If they want to leave early, they can leave early! It saves me trouble by leaving!" Li Xiuning said nonchalantly. As long as these two don't fight each other on Li Xiuning's territory, Li Xiuning will not
No matter what kind of trouble these two people cause in Weizhou City, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will naturally clean up the stall, and it has nothing to do with her, Princess Pingyang.
"Your Highness embroidered the mandarin duck, could it be that he wanted to marry the consort?" Lu Chen looked at the mandarin duck on the brocade handkerchief on the table and couldn't help but ask.
Thinking of Chai Shao, Lu Chen admired him very much. Since the death of Princess Li Xiuning of Pingyang in the sixth year of Wude, Chai Shao had never taken another son in his life. Instead, he raised his two sons Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu by himself until his death.
Princess Pingyang was buried together without renewing their marriage, which shows the good relationship between Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang.
Moreover, Chai Shao was a "chivalrous, agile, and brave man."
In the history of the Tang Dynasty, as long as there were wars in the early Tang Dynasty, there would basically be Chai Shao's shadow. He conquered Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande, pacified the Turks, Tuyuhun, and destroyed the capital of Liang. Chai Shao participated in these battles, and the
The proportion is also quite large, and they all participated in the war as generals leading the single army. If he had not died in the 17th year of Zhenguan, he would definitely have a place in the camp of "ruthless men who destroyed the country" in the Tang Dynasty.
"Yes! I have been separated from Sichang for several years, and now my two sons don't know whether they recognize my mother!" When I think of my consort Chai Shao and the two children Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu who stayed in Chang'an,
, Li Xiuning couldn't help but sigh, and there was a faint flash of brilliance in her beautiful eyes.
"I thought that after His Highness returns to Chang'an this time, he won't have to go back to Niangziguan again!" Lu Chen sat opposite Li Xiuning and said with a smile.
"How can this be done?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiuning was a little moved, but if Li Xiuning was asked to abandon the women's army and the throat of Niangziguan, how could Li Xiuning rest assured that her family, country and the world, she, Li Xiuning, would be the first to
Princess Pingyang of the Li Tang Dynasty, and then Chai Shao’s wife Li Xiuning.
"How can it be prevented?" Lu Chen smiled slightly, "May I ask, Your Highness, who are you guarding against by stationing at Niangziguan?"
"Of course it's Turkic!" Li Xiuning replied subconsciously.
"But now that the Turks have retreated, and even signed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, this Niangzi Pass will be fine for at least two to three years!" Lu Chen's words are not without purpose, because according to historical records, the next time the Turks sleep south, it will be Li Shimin.
When the Weishui Alliance was signed, it was already three years after the fifth year of Wude, because although it is now the fifth year of Wude, it will be the "Day of Yuanzheng" in the next month.
"Even if there is a buffer period of two or three years, when the Turks move south again, I will still come to Niangziguan to take charge!" Li Xiuning didn't understand what Lu Chen meant by this, but she still expressed her thoughts.
"Your Highness, it is better to take the initiative than to sit back and wait for death!" Lu Chen didn't want the "thigh" he was leaning on to always stay in this remote mountainous area. The "thigh" should play its role in the right place, and "Chang'an"
"This is where Li Xiuning's "thigh" should stand.
"The Turks are all nomadic people and have no fixed abode. How can we take the initiative?" Li Xiuning felt a headache when he thought of the Turks' style of "guerrilla warfare". It was not that Li Xiuning had never thought of leading troops to sweep the Turks, and even
I have also tried it, but after several attempts, it all ended in failure and failed to capture the key point of the Turks. It only wiped out a few small tribes and had little impact on the Turks.
"If you give me a break, I can do it in one year or two years at the earliest. I will definitely be able to help the Tang Dynasty get rid of the scourge of the Turks. Of course, this requires your Highness's help!" Lu Chen said with confidence as he raised his hand to Li Xiuning.
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"If you, sir, can really eliminate this scourge for the Tang Dynasty and restore peace to the people, if you ask for anything, I will do my best to help you!" Li Xiuning simply agreed without any hesitation.
"Then thank you, Your Highness!" Lu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Li Xiuning had agreed. It seemed that his plan of "bringing light to success" was a small step forward.
"That's right! Sir!" Just when Lu Chen finished speaking, Li Xiuning seemed to remember something and called Lu Chen again.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning doubtfully, not knowing what Li Xiuning was going to say.
"I wonder if sir, you have any plans to accept a disciple?" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, a cunning light flashed in Li Xiuning's eyes.