Su Lie held his sword in his left hand and stood on tiptoe watching the sideshows on the other side of the street.

Yuan Zheng takes a ten-day holiday. Of course, not all positions can take a holiday. After all, public order still needs to be maintained.

But for Su Lie, or Su Dingfang, it didn't matter much.

Last year, Kuang Daofu was still in charge. Four months ago, he was awarded Zuowu Hou Zhonglang General, and two months ago he was changed to Zuowei Zhonglang General.

At that time, Su Dingfang was happy for a while. He had been away from the battle formation for a long time. In excitement, he led 200 cavalry formations and achieved great results. He could feel that his cooled blood was getting warm again, and the beating of his chest was getting stronger.

After defeating the enemy in Yinshan, while escorting the prisoners back to Chang'an, he sang the battle song for the first time in a long time.

The voice was loud and full of joy. Su Dingfang knew better than anyone how capable his majesty was today. Such a fierce general, the emperor, would never be satisfied with just one victory.

However, after returning to Beijing, Su Dingfang found that he had thought too much.

Although he was promoted, he was still guarding this Kuang Dao Mansion, this Han Si Back Garden, this sparsely populated corner of the bustling Chang'an City.

Not many people were willing to come here during lively days like the Chinese New Year. Su Dingfang had to step up his feet to see clearly the people playing on the street next door.

Two extremely tall warriors, wearing only shorts, stood in a circle painted with white powder and fought each other with their shoulders. Their roars were like thunder, their muscles were flexing, and the cheers of the onlookers could be heard endlessly.

Su Dingfang was bored and found a low wall and climbed up. He carefully put his sword aside, then swung his feet and watched the two groups of people change on the horn.

"Su Lie?"

Su Dingfang heard someone calling him, he stopped dangling his feet, stretched his head and looked down, oh, what a graceful general!

A person with a familiar face, and a person from the palace, would have to behave in a polite manner as usual.

But now Su Dingfang Hun didn't care, whether he was polite or not, he couldn't escape the days of counting birds in Kuang Dao Mansion. Why bother?

So after calling out loudly to the horned squid in the distance, Su Ding just said lazily:

"It's me, what's the matter?"

Li Junxian frowned and looked at this former defeated general:

"Your Majesty wants to see you."

Su Dingfang regained his energy in an instant, jumped down quickly, and slapped the dust on his butt twice randomly: "Lead the way."

Li Junxian once accompanied Li Shimin to defeat Liu Heitai, and Su Dingfang happened to be working under Liu Heitai at that time.

Therefore, although the two knew each other, they had nothing to say.

It wasn't until he came to wait in front of the Ganlu Hall that Su Dingfang finally couldn't help but ask:

"Why has your Majesty summoned me?"

Li Junxian glanced lightly and said nothing.

Asking for trouble, Su Dingfang was about to say a few words when the door of Manlu Hall opened and a monk in plain clothes walked out with a worried look on his face.

"Master Xuanzang?" Li Junxian took the initiative to call.

After the two took the initiative to meet Li Junxian, Su Dingfang heard that Xuanzang took the initiative to thank Li Junxian for his rescue.

Pouring his lips in boredom, Su Dingfang stepped in at Li Junxian's signal.

His vision dimmed, and he squinted to see clearly the simple furnishings in the hall.

Several chairs with unknown meanings facing the wall, a large exaggerated map-like thing, and Li Shimin in casual clothes standing in front of the map.

After Su Dingfang bowed in greeting, Li Shimin did not look back and asked in a low voice:

"I heard today that I killed your adoptive father, so you don't want to serve the imperial court?"

This can be seen from the information collected by Li Junxian. Dou Jiande's general Gao Yaxian adopted Su Lie as his adopted son.

After Dou Jiande was defeated by him, the father and son joined Liu Heitai. As a result, Liu Heitai was also defeated by him in the battle of Mingshui, and Gao Yaxian also died in the battle.

Later, Su Lie returned to his hometown, but because he lived near Chang'an, he was an unstable factor, so he was eventually expropriated and thrown into Chang'an City to sweep the streets.

Su Dingfang didn't have any extra expression on his face, he just said calmly:

"If I don't want to, I really can't."

Li Shimin nodded, not surprised, so he asked again:

"What if I ask you to attack the Turks and lead to the Western Region?"

Su Lie once again felt the increasingly hot blood in his body:

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear!"

Li Shimin smiled and then ordered:

"Come forward, I will tell you about this map of the territory of the earth!"

In the back garden of Bianliang Palace, Zhao Kuangyin was in a state of confusion.

The light curtain that lit up the stone table for just one hour seemed to him like a hundred years had passed.

It is like a fairy light curtain, which describes the fate of the Song Dynasty: the two Song Dynasties, the emperor in a donkey cart, and the three consecutive emperors.

And the "Manuscript for Nephew Commemoration" called it a national treasure and said that this copybook witnessed the demise of the Song Dynasty.

His legs were numb when he sat down, but Zhao Kuangyin couldn't think of a reason.

But in the end, the light curtain seemed to have the words "See you in March". Could it be today after March? Otherwise, let’s take a look?

And...our Song...is this really so unbearable?

The many words that made him feel depressed became more and more annoying as he thought about it. Finally, he took out the slingshot from his waist and shot some birds first to relax!

But then Zhao Kuangyin remembered another frustrating thing before the light curtain appeared, and decided not to endure it anymore:

"Here we go! Go to the home of Zhang Ai, the censor, and accuse him of ringing the Jingyang Bell and falsely reporting urgent military information. He will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"I'll fine him gold and silk as a warning to others!"

Seeing the eunuch take the order and leave, Zhao Kuangyin felt relieved.

It's not an act of disgrace. What's wrong with beating a bird?

In the Chengdu government office, everyone looked at the gold foil greeting card and felt the aura of a wealthy family coming to their faces.

In terms of weight alone, this gold foil greeting card weighs less than a piece of gold horseshoe.

But the craftsmanship and techniques are beyond what they can do now, especially the method of mixing gold and silver. If you want to make the same thing, you may have to go to Jiangdong to find a goldsmith.

Liu Ba’s idea is the most practical:

"It would be great if we could borrow money from Emperor Tang..."

Zhang Fei shook his head:

"How can you borrow money to borrow troops? If you divide the Tang warriors who died in vain in the Anshi Rebellion into one group, I can guarantee that Cao Cao will be captured alive."

Liu Bei couldn't help but shook his head and said:

"If this is true, I am afraid that the transformation of the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty will have to be advanced four hundred years."

Everyone laughed for a moment.

Kong Ming stretched and then turned to look at Xu Shu:

"When will Yuan Zhi leave?"

Liu Bei's smile suddenly froze.

Xu Shu simply nodded and said:

"If my guess is correct, Cao's army of thieves may leave at any time. Therefore, the sooner I leave, the better."

Liu Bei suddenly felt reluctant to give up.

But Xu Shu was different from last time. Now he was in such a hurry and so desperate for the Han industry that they struggled together. Therefore, Liu Bei's mood was extremely complicated for a while.

Xu Shu's face was full of freedom and ease:

"I have been trapped for three years. I have no regrets except not seeing any scholars during this trip. What else can I ask for?"

"If you haven't been in battle for a long time, you are afraid of getting rusty, so you should leave early to help General Yunchang, so as not to be a drag."

Liu Bei was also very determined. Although he was reluctant to give up, he still nodded and agreed.

But even though I was anxious to leave, I still had time to say goodbye.

Immediately, the group of people moved from the main hall to the side hall, and a pottery hot pot was placed in the room, which surprised Xu Shu.

The banquet was very lively, with four or five chopsticks for picking up food and three or two cups of wine. When Xu Shu looked up, he had mixed feelings for a while.

Liu Bei happened to look back and said in surprise:

"Why is Yuan Zhi crying?"

After wiping his red eyes slightly, Xu Shu laughed again:

"It's only April now. I'm crossing Jiangdong from Caoying to Jiangling and entering Yizhou."

“Seeing the poverty of the villagers, hearing about the prosperity on the left side of the Yangtze River, I marveled at Jiangling’s engineering and learning, and was shocked by the new sceneries of Chengdu.”

"Knowing the mystery of heaven and earth as a ball, understanding the rise and fall of thousands of years, and seeing how wasted the emperors of later generations were."

"What I have learned in a hundred days is better than the past forty years. Now that I am suddenly dreaming, how can I not be moved to tears?"

Zhang Fei shouted:

"That's Commander Xu. You haven't seen with your own eyes the powerful army of later generations. The warriors of the Tang Dynasty are inferior to them."

"If I, Lao Zhang, can practice it, I don't have to say much, as long as I can have five hundred soldiers who will be like future generations..."

Xu Shu listened attentively, and occasionally asked Kong Ming's opinion softly to confirm each other's opinions.

Later, Mi Zhu's business layout, Liu Ba's official and market reforms, Zhang Song taking the lead in re-enacting laws, and Fazheng's talk about the chaos in the northwest from the shallower to the deeper, Xu Shu felt that it was of great benefit.

As for Zhao Yun being silent, Xu Shu was also used to it.

But he still remembered the various cavalry he saw with his own eyes this time, the iron cavalry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Arab heavy cavalry, and the Yiluohe who seemed to be barbarians, etc.

Xu Shu knew that as long as he brought the Liangzhou horses from Yongliang, Zhao Yun would be able to unleash the power that even Yunchang would be impressed by.

And all these thoughts and considerations require step-by-step planning.

The immediate priority is not to suffer any losses on the Jingxiang battlefield.

There were still too few people under the lord's command, Xu Shu sighed in his heart.

The loss of Le Jin's six thousand soldiers and horses was like water dripping into a lake to Cao's thieves who held Hebei, without causing any ripples.

Therefore, Xu Shu had very clear thoughts about Jing Xiang. First, he ensured his undefeated defeat, and then tried to minimize losses.

With the huge difference in the number of households, even if one soldier killed two enemies, it was unacceptable to Xu Shu.

But these... Xu Shu shook his head to get rid of these thoughts. He raised his glass with a smile and faced Liu Bei from a distance, and then drank full.

Now all we have to do is celebrate the reunion after four years of separation!

Everyone in Chengdu was drinking happily, and Pang Tong in Hanzhong was also very happy.

This Jiang Wei is worthy of being called by later generations as a person who "will be as bright as a pill in a thousand years".

He is extremely diligent in studying Confucian classics and can master the art of battle formation at a glance.

Especially when I heard him call me "master", I felt so happy.

The only awkwardness is that Jiang Wei's character is too similar to Kong Ming's.

He has a brave temper and a stubborn personality, and he can't get rid of his correct principles no matter what.

No wonder that even in the face of such a desperate situation, they still wanted to make the Han Dynasty "quiet and bright".

At the same time, I felt a little worried:

Although Yide and Xiaozhi have been told not to reveal it for the time being, after all, Hanzhong and Chengdu are so close...

And seven points of self-confidence:

After all, Jiang Wei didn't even join Kong Ming's apprenticeship list, so wouldn't it be natural for him, Feng Chu, to accept him as his disciple?

Therefore, Pang Tong's current mentality is to procrastinate as long as he can.

Hearing Xiao Jiang Wei call him "Master" twice more often would be a good idea, wouldn't it?

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