"The emperor said that the food I cook is delicious!" Tao Niang has been in a state of excitement since she learned the identity of Emperor Zhao Tuo. Holding Li Dan's arm, she said this sentence countless times, making him dumbfounded.
"That's right, my Tao Niang is getting more and more capable!" Li Dan hugged her shoulders tightly, which made the little girl feel even more proud.
But... they suddenly stopped, and there was a person standing in front of the courtyard door. The moonlight was bright, and Li Dan recognized it from his figure as Yang Dayi.
"Why are you standing here instead of going in and sitting down?" After Li Dan finished speaking, he looked reproachfully at the guards.
"Don't blame him, I'm too embarrassed to go in." Yang Dayi said quickly. At this time, Tao Niang, whose face was feverish, had already blessed him and slipped back to the room without waiting for the gift to be returned.
Yang Dayi looked at her back, stepped into the courtyard with Li Dan, and said with a smile, "This girl is still shy when she sees me."
"You're still young." Li Dan said quickly.
"I don't care about her age. The main thing is that because of her, you have a bed warmer by your side. But you never thought about bringing Aying and Ning'er over?" Yang Dali said slightly reproachfully:
"Your aunt has written to me several times asking me to urge you on this matter. She is just waiting to hold the baby. I don't know how long it will take you to go to Liaodi...?"
Li Dan suddenly understood why he was standing under the moon, and asked in surprise: "Have you sent the documents to the army?"...
"Yes!" Yang Dayi smiled and nodded: "Let me be the governor's governor's envoy. Hey, we are in the same place again. What do you think, you can't do it without me?"
"What's wrong!" Li Dan was very happy: "Rather than letting an ignorant person take this position, it's better for you to do it!"
Yang Dayi looked at the yard and lowered his voice and asked, "There was a chaos in the front yard just now. I heard that the imperial driver is here?"
Li Dan nodded: "Didn't I just send you away? Your Majesty ate the tea snacks and vegetables made by Xiao Nizi, and she was so proud!" Li Dan smiled and said: "You didn't see her scared at first, her face turned pale. My hands were shaking."
"How many people are as bold as you? Even when I see the Holy Master, my legs can't help but bend down. It's better for you. You dare to be brothers with His Majesty. You'd better restrain yourself from now on!"
Yang Dayi wanted to say something else, but Li Dan glared at him: "Why do you get more nagging as you get older? If you marry my aunt and two people together, wouldn't you annoy me to death?"
His face turned red as he spoke, and Li Dan simply used offense as defense: "Oh, that's right, when will you come home to propose marriage?"
"I am just a guard now. Even if I take up my post under you, I will only be a fifth-grade martial artist." Yang Dadai scratched the back of his head in embarrassment:
"I was thinking about it, I have to get a fourth rank, or be taught the actual command of the guards, or have the military honor of riding a captain. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to come here, after so many years...
There have never been many people like you, since the founding of this dynasty, who have become sixth-grade civil servants and close ministers of the emperor as soon as they ascend to Longmen! How can it be so easy? "
At that time, it was customary for sixth-grade civil servants to control military attachés below fifth-grade. This was called using civil servants to control military officers. Although Li Dan was disgusted, he could only stick to the old rules for the time being.
If Yang Dayi marries Xiao Qian, he will be Li Dan's stepfather.
He knew that Yang Dayi felt that having an official position lower than his would not look good on his face, so he wanted to make a big contribution this time to raise his rank again. He smiled and said softly: "Anyway, we have prepared opportunities for you, so your performance is still weak." The crotch is your own."
Yang Dayi laughed and cursed, and punched his waist. But when Li Dan said this, he still felt warm in his heart. After being alone for so many years, he finally had someone who cared about him.
When he closes his eyes now, he sees her sitting there with her face tilted tenderly, and he also wants to see that person wearing a floral apron appear in his yard as soon as possible, no, in the general's mansion!
The twenty or so people who accompanied the emperor back to the palace that night were all excited when they came back. Especially those who came here anyway, like Duan Fang and Gao Can, were in high spirits, howling and crying and worshiping in the direction of the palace.
The next day, Li Dan asked Tie Dao and found out that the emperor actually got off the car at the bridge to meet everyone.
While thanking them, I also spoke to several people and praised their military appearance.
Yan Zheng was a strong man, and he also asked who would follow him to Liao, and promised that those who had meritorious service would be rewarded without restraint, etc., so everyone was very excited.
On the way back, no one dared to show off, but once they entered the residence, they couldn't control themselves.
"Master, do you want me to scold them?" Tie Dao asked.
"Why are you scolding me?" Li Dan asked.
"After all..., they are all your retainers."
"Hey!" Li Dan waved his hand: "First of all, they are the talents of the country, and secondly, they are my retainers. You must tell everyone this.
If they win a few generals, it will be a great honor for the country, and secondly it will be an honor for me. This order must not be wrong! ” He paused and added:
"Right now, it is more true to express my determination than to bow down and express my determination on the battlefield. Tell everyone that we will set off immediately, and save your energy to deal with the enemy!"
"Yes, I understand!"
Li Dan came to see Shen Jie and asked, "Did Zhuang Twenty-Qi send him away?"
Shenjie said yes. Zhuang Shun agreed to cooperate with the official Fang Si to get rid of the crime, on the condition that he would not be forced to harm Ye Binghan's life. As for whether he wants to stay in the grassland or return to the Central Plains in the future, it is his own choice.
"I agreed." Shen Jie said: "He has not accepted too much Huhua, and he has a conscience and is familiar with the grassland. We need such a person."
Li Dan nodded: "Okay, just look at the arrangement. As long as he looks back, you can even let him work in the Protector's Mansion in the future!"
"That's not necessarily the case." Shen Jie laughed and shook his head and said, "He is like a gust of wind. If you lock him in a house or put him in a yard, he will feel uncomfortable. Why not just let him roam among the hills and grassy slopes?" Wandering is more comfortable and suitable!"
While Si Fang was bidding farewell to Cai Langzhong when he arrived, Li Dan saw that no one was in the room and quietly told him that a minister in the court was having an affair with Cai Shang. Cai Ying was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Master Li, Mr. Li, we can't talk empty talk." After saying this, Cai Ying regretted it. How could he say it if he didn't grasp anything?
As soon as he got up today, he heard that the emperor came out of Li Dan's house at night. The latter sent his personal guards to escort him directly to the bridge outside the palace in the imperial city.
This honor has never been seen before since His Majesty ascended the throne. He swallowed to hide his embarrassment, but almost choked himself.
Li Dan thought he was frightened by the news, so he patted him on the back and said, "Don't worry, I have enough evidence here. The Kergo spies in the city contacted him many times to get information."
When the people sent by Yebi heard that there was this line, probably to gain credit, they also sent their cronies to meet with him, and stayed at his house for a few days. They did not go to the grassland to report the news until they learned that Yanlie Khan had left the capital.
Fortunately, all this is under our control, otherwise there would definitely be a big mess! "
"Then... do Kelgo's spies need to be arrested immediately?"
"No, let's keep it useful. We can follow the clues." Li Dan said that these matters have been handed over to Chen Chun, and all he needs to do is implement them according to the established guidelines.
"The key is for adults to be aware of it," Li Dan continued, "Maybe this is just a giant rat we dug up, and there are others we don't know about.
Another incident was that the guard at Aiyangkou accepted bribes and let everyone in the prison without permission. However, the eunuch who was let in was Ye Bihan's trusted eunuch!
This problem is so serious that we need to ask Director Liu to conduct a careful screening of Aries' mouth. But this matter will be dealt with after General Deng takes action outside the border wall. Let's collect evidence first. "
Cai Ying praised him repeatedly and promised to make this matter a priority. Unexpectedly, Li Dan told him with a wry smile that there was something more troublesome than this. As soon as he said the words "Fifth Army Commander's Mansion", Cai Ying started to tremble.
Li Dan glanced at him and continued, telling him that the guy who went to the grassland to report the news had a badge from the Fifth Army Commander's Office to join the army. This position is only equivalent to a seventh-grade military attache, but that's why there are so many people.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army often sends people to various places on official business, and most of them are low-level military attachés like this, which is not unusual, so they don't attract much attention.
The question is from whom did this person get this waist card? Then along this line it is possible to dig out a big link between the Qian Mansion and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.
Viper!
"This matter cannot be taken slowly, because it involves all military operations in the future. Chief Liu needs to dig out all the moths and poisonous insects as soon as possible, and the sooner the better!"
After Li Dan finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper and handed it over. Cai Ying lowered his head and opened it. It turned out to be a pencil rubbing of the waist badge, but the handwriting and number were clearly legible.
"Where's the original?" he asked.
"It's still with him." Li Dan said: "If he didn't send Yanlie Khan's movements in time, how could that true man take the bait? Wouldn't General Deng's credit be wasted?"
After joking, Li Dan pointed at the rubbing seriously: "If this thing is done well, Master Liu will naturally take the credit. The adults are in the middle of the planning, and it is inevitable that the performance will be rated as excellent. It is definitely a first-class place to be appointed as the prefect!"
He knew that Cai Ying had long been impatient in this position and had been seeking to be transferred to other places, so he gave him a message to encourage him.
As expected, Cai Ying smiled happily and said, "I'd like to thank you in advance for lending me your brother's good words!"
He couldn't say, "I know you have a good relationship with the emperor, please help me say a few good words." Official matters cannot be so clear-cut. Li Dan understood and expressed his willingness to talk.
This Cai Ying has been in Fangsi for eight years but knows nothing about military affairs. He has no interest in intelligence work and has no idea about the construction of this organization.
So it might be a good thing to go outside. Mr. Liu, who is in his early thirties, is more enterprising than him, and it's not bad to cooperate with Li Dan these days.
After arranging these things, he happily returned home. Thinking that he would leave the capital that he had just gotten used to in two days, Li Dan sighed softly, as if he had never been so nostalgic for a place when the troops were mobilized in his previous life.
You, you have been soaked in the wealthy life of the feudal class for too long! He knew that he couldn't let go of Tao Niang, and Xiangyu who couldn't meet him in public.
"Uh-!" The carriage suddenly stopped.
"Huh? What's going on?" Li Dan was not happy to be pulled out of his thoughts.
"Sir, there is a two-horse carriage parked next to us. There are also... palace guards." Mao Zaidi, who was sitting in front, opened the window and whispered to the car.
Li Dan was inexplicable and saw him shrink back. After a while, a young maid in palace attire walked to the car door and blessed her. Li Dan was shocked. He had an impression of this maid. When he rescued Miyun at the inn, she was the first person he saw when he kicked open the door and went in!
Li Dan hurriedly opened the glass window on the car door and heard the maid whisper: "Princess Miyun has learned that you are about to leave Beijing. Please come to the car to talk."
"Is this... appropriate?" Li Dan asked in a low voice, his heart pounding with nervousness.
"Sir, our two cars are so close. It's hard for others to see when the door is opened, and there are guards on both sides to protect it. It doesn't matter as long as it doesn't take long." After saying that, the maid glanced at him and seemed to have a smile on her lips. meaning.
"That's right." Li Dan understood and aligned the car doors. When the two doors were opened, they formed an aisle, which was protected by armor. Hey, this is a design inspiration.
Without further ado, Li Dan immediately ordered Lu Jiu to move the carriage a few steps forward. Fortunately, this place is not a prosperous place, and there are not many pedestrians and vehicles. He suddenly realized: the princess was waiting here intentionally.
"Sir, please come across the carriage." Two maids were guarding the two doors. Li Dan took a deep breath and jumped out of his car and quickly entered the opposite carriage. A burst of light fragrance penetrated his nostrils, helping him quickly understand the location of the princess.
"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess." Li Dan bowed and saluted.
"Sanlang, please sit down." Princess Miyun's voice was very low, as if she didn't dare to speak.
"I don't dare, please just call Dan by his first name."
"I heard from Brother Huang that when you talk about poetry, beautiful scenery, and world affairs together, you are not siblings but are better than brothers. Why do you only act submissive when you are in front of me?"
"Well, I have a heart-to-heart relationship with His Majesty, and the other is helping me wholeheartedly. I dare not treat His Majesty like this, so I am always worried about this, this..."
Miyun laughed out loud: "Okay, let's sit down and talk. Don't you feel uncomfortable for such a big man, you are hunched over like a shrimp?"
Li Dan chuckled and sat on the opposite side.
, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your consideration, princess. I'm not that tall, but Dou Zhuangyuan is half a head taller than me!"
"Don't mention him to me!" Miyun's face sank: "Let me ask you, the emperor asked you about my marriage, why did you push me to him?"
"No, no, I don't..." Li Dan quickly waved his hand: "No one else is better than him. You don't know, this man I have met has a good temper, uprightness, tallness, and of course good knowledge. ...Hey, you...why are you crying?"
Li Dan was frightened. What if this reached the ears of the Queen Mother and said that Li Sanlang had offended her precious daughter? Even if she is not her biological mother, I heard that the Queen Mother loves Miyun so much that she cannot leave her side every day.
Yes, Li Dan remembered: "You...why did you come out today? Did the Queen Mother agree?"
Miyun wiped her eyes twitchingly and replied: "I, I made an appointment with Yanlie Khan's sister to go to Chijin Temple to offer incense. She asked the Buddha to bless her brother's safety. The Queen Mother was afraid that it would be inconvenient for her to be alone, so she asked me to accompany her."
"Oh! That's it." Li Dan quickly smiled and said: "Yanlie Khan asked me to take care of her before leaving. I was also saying that before leaving, I would go see what she and her sister-in-law needed. In that case, we might as well go together. how?"
Li Dan meant that the two cars were following him one behind the other. He was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable being alone with the princess in the car like this, and being watched by her from the other side.
"Okay!" Miyun's eyes lit up and he immediately clapped his hands. This is much better than stopping at the base of the imperial city to chat!
Before Li Dan could react, she had already made her own decision and ordered her two maids to take Li Dan's car and follow her. As soon as the car door closed, Li Dan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the princess had her own ideas!
The guards were clearing the way and the carriage was moving on the street. Li Dan didn't know where to look.
There was only a sound of rustling, and then a soft, fragrant body sat on his lap, and his arms were wrapped around his neck.
"I heard from the female officials in the palace that all the officials in the world like this, but is it really true?" Miyun whispered, her breath like orchid.
"Who with a long tongue dares to teach His Highness this? I am not...!"
The soft lips touched each other, "Is that so?" Miyun asked.
"No, no, Your Highness."
"What should we do?"
"You want me to teach you?"
"What do you think, Saburo?"
After a period of dizziness and trembling, Miyun slowly woke up in Li Dan's arms: "Is this done?"
"What's done?"
"So that I can give birth to a child for you?"
Li Dan almost threw her away! So it turns out these nuns never taught her? That’s right, she’s not married yet. "That's not okay. This is called kissing. It's just an intimate contact to express love." Li Dan whispered in her ear, as if he was afraid that a third person in the car would hear it.
"Then how can I have a baby?"
"You are so young, why do you always want to have children?" Li Dan said angrily.
"I wonder if I can give you a baby...?"
"No!" Li Dan said resolutely: "If I become your Majesty's brother-in-law, I will have to stay in the Prince Consort's Mansion, and I won't be able to assist your Imperial Brother. Would you like your Imperial Brother to have one less loyal and capable minister?"
Miyun's eyes suddenly flashed, and he suddenly asked slyly: "So you pushed me to the Number One Scholar because you can't let go of glory and wealth?"
"I can earn my glory and wealth myself. The key is that I am the only one who can help your majesty solve these troublesome things!"
"Hey, sophistry!" Miyun suddenly blushed slightly: "Is that number one scholar really that good?"
"Really!" Li Dan nodded quickly.
"Then...I don't even know how to have a baby with him, you have to teach me!"
"What? I, I'm not the grandma next to you!" Li Dan was shocked and wanted to take her arms off her neck, but he didn't dare to use force.
"Mommy, you're not a man!" Miyun stared. It was so big and clear that Li Dan felt like he was about to fall in.
"But, this is in the car!"
"There is still a long way to go, and there will definitely be enough time!" Miyun added.
Come up and whisper in his ear.
Li Dan's heart trembled: "Oh, Your Majesty, how come you have such a beautiful girl? It's really terrible!" He gritted his teeth and picked up Miyun and came to the back seat. With his hands busy, he asked her: "Don't you Will you regret it?"
"Can Saburo do it?"
"I'm not that kind of coward!" Li Dan found himself laughing awkwardly when he found out that he had said something bad. "I'm just going to stop here, but I won't let you actually have a child!" The rough breath he exhaled made Miyun's ears itchy, but it was very comfortable.
"It's up to you, it's okay!" Miyun felt that she couldn't hold on anymore and was about to turn into mud. Unexpectedly, Li Dan lowered her head and bit her. She shivered and hugged the man's head softly, unable to move anymore.
Stars and raindrops fell from the sky, and the rain became more and more dense. The threads came one after another, sometimes big and sometimes small, and then stopped for a while, but they all fell into the dry soil and disappeared instantly.
The ground turned to mud and the rain stopped, as if the clouds were afraid of spilling all the precious water and were being merciful.
Chijin Temple is located in the northeast of the city. It was built in the middle Jin Dynasty. Its original site is on the east side of the North Drum Tower. The Yellow Sect was promoted in the previous dynasty, and Chijin Temple was once changed into a Yellow Sect temple. In the early years of this dynasty, it was changed back to a Buddhist temple.
After Taizong established the capital, because the location of the North Drum Tower was too close to the temple, and considering that the reformed Egu people and retained dignitaries who remained in the city would be concentrated and moved to the four squares in the northeast corner of the city, he decided to move the temple and the Dagong Temple of the Yellow Sect here. Within the fourth square.
Chijin Temple is located at the junction of Daguan Lane and Yongtai Road, while Dagong Temple is located to the east of Daguan Lane and to the north of Fanqing Road. Originally, the area of the two temples was almost the same, but over the decades, Dagong Temple has grown much larger, while Chijin Temple has quietly remained the same.
When the two carriages arrived at the mountain gate one after another and stopped side by side, Li Dan said that he would go to help the princess preside over the meeting and see if Ejina had arrived. Miyun asked very sensitively: "Hey, do you know his name?"
"Oh, I met Yanlie Khan once when His Majesty asked me to go to his camp before he succeeded to the throne." Li Dan hurried away after saying that.
"This guy!" Miyun muttered, but with a smile on his lips, he asked the maid to help him tidy up: "It's been a long journey, and my hair has become loose!"
The maid was startled when she got in the car. Those hairpins... they were obviously not like this when she was dressing up the princess before she came out...!
As expected by Li Dan, Ejina came in from the east city on horseback much faster than they passed through the city!
Li Dan was a little surprised when he looked at Ejina, who was wearing a small double-breasted robe with a narrow waist tied tightly with a purple ribbon. He really didn't expect that an Egu girl would have such a waist.
However, Ejina is not as delicate as a Han woman in every gesture, but more healthy and confident.
She stood by the incense burner in front of the hall facing the sun, and said a little shyly: "Why are you here?"
"I heard from Princess Miyun that you were here, so I followed you. I wanted to say goodbye to you and see if there is anything you need my help with?" Li Dan said.
Ejina bit his lip, shook his head and said, "We don't need anything. The officials of the imperial court take good care of me. You don't have to worry about me."
"How can I not be worried? I don't know how long I will be dealing with Kerr when I leave." After speaking, Li Dan looked up and met her eyes, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Ejina was not the daughter of Qimeier's main concubine. Her mother was captured during the Western Expedition. Because of her beauty, she was presented to Qimeier and became his side concubine.
Ejina inherited some of her mother's genes. She was tall and fair-skinned, with slightly three-dimensional facial features, a high nose and a small mouth. She had black hair but a pair of light blue eyes. When she looked at the other person, she seemed curious and had countless questions.
"You will and will defeat, I know!" she said.
Li Dan laughed: "I'm borrowing your good words, what else do you know?"
"You will be my man," Ejina said softly, "The Great Khan said so."
"Your brother?"
Ejina nodded: "He said he wanted me to give you a child and stay in the Central Plains."
Li Dan felt that the weather was a bit hot. I didn’t look at the almanac when I went out today. Why would everyone I met want to give birth to my child?
"Don't you want me?" Ejina tilted her head and asked
.
"You, listen to me." Li Dan wanted to go over and hug her waist, but before he took a step, Ejina jumped two steps away with his hands behind his back.
"No, no. At least not today!"
"What's not working? Why?" Li Dan was a little confused.
"You can't touch me when you smell like another woman," Ejina smiled mischievously: "The shaman said that doing so will attract a curse."
After she finished speaking, she glanced behind her and said, "The princess is here. I'll greet her." After that, she ran away.
Li Dan looked at her back in confusion. well! A little white rabbit escapes, leaving the big bad wolf with a regretful heart! But...she has a dog nose? What's the smell on me? Li Dan sniffed and shook his head.
"In my previous life, I only read online articles where the male protagonist flirted with the girl. How could Brother Dan do the opposite? Alas, feudalism is harmful to people!"
