Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1015
Cui's backyard.

Zhang Wenguan and Li Zhaode looked up at the sky speechlessly. They were all related by marriage to the Cui family of Qinghe, and they were neither crowned nor married. They must be able to enter and leave the backyard, and Li Shan, who was chattering, was even more qualified... But he The request is a little too much.

Mrs. Zhang glared at her future son-in-law angrily, "No way!"

It's less than half a month away, why are you so anxious!
"Just to explain what happened a few days ago..." Li Shan said in a low voice, "I heard my mother mentioned it when she came home, and my sister was a little displeased."

"That's natural!" Mrs. Zhang snorted, "Princess Pingyang came to the door later and told her that if the husband and wife disagree, she will take action."

"Third Sister is messing around!" Li Shan sighed in a loud voice now, "Even if you want to choose a side, you should choose someone's side."

Zhang Wenguan behind couldn't help but said: "Brother Huai, it was rumored a few days ago that Wei Wang Li Huairen... only Princess Pingyang can surrender."

"There are still such rumors?" Li Shan's voice became sharp.

Li Zhaode nodded, "It is said that no one can control it, only Princess Pingyang can force it."

"That's not wrong." Mrs. Zhang was thoughtful, "I heard that Princess Pingyang was in the inner room during the coronation ceremony that day, so she should be under control."

Participating in the crown ceremony in the inner room instead of appearing as a guest or host means that Princess Pingyang admits that she is Li Shan's sister.

Baba glanced at the small building not far away, Li Shan was a little frustrated, and then whispered: "In a few days it will be the Cold Food Festival, I wonder if my mother-in-law will go to Qujiang Furong?"

Mrs. Zhang is a little puzzled. After welcoming the bride, follow the young couple where to talk about love. If you insist on meeting before the wedding, do you have other thoughts?
After a few perfunctory words, the Zhang family sent servants to send the three of them out of the backyard. Zhang Wenguan peeked at Li Shan. He felt that there must be a reason for this friend's strange behavior, but he didn't see it.

But one thing is certain, it will not be related to the cousin's marriage.

At this moment, Fan Shiyi appeared in the front yard at some unknown time, "Lang Jun."

Li Shan strode over, Zhang Wenguan reached out and grabbed Li Zhaode who was about to catch up.

"Without a doubt?"

"It's true." Fan Shiyi nodded affirmatively, "The villain has already mobilized people to control the surrounding areas."

"After the battle between Brother Fang and Zhang Sanlang, you will be able to be knighted for your military exploits. I guess you won't be a magistrate, but maybe a magistrate or county uncle." Li Shan said with a smile, "Let Duke Ling give you the title later." You take a sign."

After the First Battle of Xiabo, Li Shan used Fan Shiyi as his scout in almost every battle. When the Jingzhou and Yuanzhou battles were fought, Fan Shiyi had hundreds of ranger scouts under his command, which became Li Shan's planner. The cornerstone of warfare.

Fan Shiyi grinned and said, "Anyway, follow Mr. Lang, and in the future, my son will be able to follow Mr. Mr. Xiao."

Li Shan patted Fan Shiyi on the shoulder, "Work harder, give birth to a few more fat boys, and we will practice martial arts and literature together in the future."

The next few words sounded a little louder, and Li Zhaode was a little envious, "County son, county uncle..."

Even Li Zhaode, who has never been an official, knows that the founding title is almost coming to an end, and the destruction of the Liang Kingdom is almost the last batch... In the national war with the Turks in the future, it is estimated that there will not be many new titles, at most Jinjue.

Even for the children of aristocratic families, it is even more difficult to get a title. In the past two years, a group of new nobles have appeared around Li Shan, not only his own staff, but also both sides of the Qin Palace and the East Palace.

Asking Fan Shiyi to go out and wait, Li Shan sat down in the main hall with Li Zhaode and Zhang Wenguan, and even asked the servants to call Cui Heng, Cui’s eldest son, to accompany him. .

When Cui Heng heard Li Zhaode talk about Fan Shiyi's possible title, he couldn't help being a little envious. Although he could inherit Cui Xin's title of Duke of Qinghe County, last year the Zhongshu ordered Feng Lun to play, and the prince of Wugong County should be lowered, and his heirs Even if you don't have meritorious service, you have to be demoted... the clan is like this, and other titles are likely to be demoted as well.

The county magistrate did not drop much, the magistrate, magistrate, magistrate, magistrate... In other words, Fan Shiyi's title may be on the same level as Cui Heng's son. Li Shan's meritorious service in battles in other years may even be higher than Cui Heng's title.

In fact, this is also the main reason why Cui Heng wanted to go to the Lingzhou Army to be gilded with Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Wenguan and Li Zhaode saw that it was getting late, and prepared to leave, but Li Shan asked Cui Heng to set up a banquet, and even asked his personal guard to go to Dongshan Restaurant to bring two jars of wine.

When Cui Xin came back from Fangya, Li Shan was already very drunk and fell asleep.

"Uncle..." Li Zhaode was a little hard to understand Li Shan's behavior today, and apologized very sorry to Cui Xin, "Brother Huai seems to have something on his mind today..."

Zhang Wenguan glanced at Li Zhaode, thinking that this should be an excuse. Logically speaking, Li Zhaode should not have known about it. After all, his father Li Qianyou has served as the former governor of the state, but he has not resigned as the chief secretary of the Qi Palace.

He asked to see his cousin before, but after that, he almost refused to leave at Cui's house, probably because of Cui Xin.

"Uncle, Brother Huai is so drunk, it seems that there is no way to go back." Zhang Wenguan asked tentatively.

Cui Xin's face was a little gloomy, and he summoned a few servants to carry Li Shan out, and forced a smile: "Zhigui, let the guards go to Sun Moon Lake to inform you."

"Yes." Zhang Wenguan was a little curious. Could it be that Cui Xin was also involved?

Zhang Wenguan was just guessing, but Cui Xin was very sure that this nephew definitely didn't know the inside story, maybe he guessed something, after all, he was the one who rushed to Chang'an to meet the King of Qin back then... Although Donggong delayed sending troops reason, but it should be somewhat speculative.

As for the stupid Li Zhaode on the side, he definitely doesn't know anything.

After throwing the two juniors out, Cui Xin went to the inner room with a blank face, still wondering whether this guy was really drunk or pretending to be drunk, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Shanzheng sitting in front of the desk, and heard footsteps Sheng Sheng looked back, his eyes were clear, and there was no trace of drunkenness.

"Do what?"

Li Shan didn't say a word, just looked around, there seemed to be a figure flickering outside the door.

Cui Xin kicked everyone out angrily, then sat down thoughtfully, and asked tentatively, "Your Highness summoned?"

It's not that Cui Xin is too smart to see things, but Li Shan stayed in Cui's mansion before his expedition last year. He had a secret meeting with the King of Qin at night and decided to invite the army to lead the expedition the next day.

"En." Li Shan nodded, "The situation in Chang'an is turbid and difficult to understand, His Majesty's mind is uncertain, and Pei Shiju is spying on the East Palace. Although Duke Ling is in the middle to communicate, the son-in-law has to meet His Highness."

Cui Xin nodded understandingly, "A few days ago, it was rumored that you had a lot of contacts with King Qin?"

"It was caused by the abolition of the temple, and I don't know if it was the rumors released by Pei Hongda." Li Shan sneered, "Even if Pei Shiju speaks out now, the crown prince may not believe it."

"Why?"

Li Shan said casually: "Pei Xuanji died in Huating, if Pei Shiju reveals his son-in-law's life to the prince again, what will the prince think?"

Seeing Cui Xin's dazed look on his face after thinking about it, Li Shan had to explain: "There is hatred first, and then there is hatred. The heir king with unwarranted military achievements is attached to the king of Qin. The prince's first reaction may be that Pei Shiju Want to borrow a knife to kill someone."

"Not bad, not bad." Cui Xin was shocked, "Pei Hongda is a very scheming man, so he can't miss this place."

Li Shan smiled, "There are still more than ten days before the wedding, not to mention the Qinghe Cui family, at least the father-in-law and the son-in-law are both prosperous and hurt, and when the bridal chamber is celebrated..."

Hearing the previous few sentences, Cui Xin was quite emotional. If he had known about the enmity between Li Shan and Pei Shiju earlier, he would definitely not have wanted this son-in-law. Li Shan made great achievements in the military, and Cui Xin had no choice but to be content with the status quo after knowing the inside story. If he regrets the marriage, it would be a good thing that the crown prince wins in the end. If King Qin enters the East Palace, he will really become a joke.

At that time, Li Shan will be in a high position, and with "Ai Lian Shuo" in front of him, which family's children are willing to marry the Cui family, even the poor family's children under King Qin's command may not...

But when he heard the last sentence, when he heard the "bridal chamber wedding", Cui Xin, the pet girl, habitually put on a straight face, only feeling chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Li Shan seemed a little unscrupulous, anyway, he will get married in half a month, "When the time comes, my son-in-law and Eleven Niang will talk about it in detail?"

Cui Xin hummed with a dark face, and then reminded: "Don't mention the matter of King Qin."

"Although I haven't seen it a few times, I heard from my mother and Zhigui that Eleven Niang is unparalleled in intelligence." Li Shan sighed: "I'm afraid there are hidden guesses, let's talk about it when the time comes."

Cui Xinchang sighed, "Dalang Erlang is far behind."

"In all fairness, the two uncles are a bit mediocre." Li Shan didn't look sloppy, "If you want to become an official, you can be recommended by your son-in-law in the future."

"That's all." Cui Xin shook his head, "Dalang is quite calm. After all, he has no worries about being an official and can inherit the title, but Erlang is frivolous. If he is released, he is at least a county magistrate as Wei Wang's uncle. .”

In terms of administrative division, the Tang Dynasty followed the Han Dynasty, but there were also a lot of changes. In name, there were three levels: Dao, Fu, and County, but in fact there were only two levels of prefectures and counties. Unlike the Song Dynasty, there was a transfer at the road level. Therefore, the county magistrates in the Tang Dynasty were much more powerful than the county magistrates in the Song and Ming Dynasties, and it was really not something that mediocre people could hold.

"By the way, father-in-law, eight days later, the official cold food, Qujiang Furong..."

Cui Xin stretched his face and waited for Li Shan to continue.

"My son-in-law is going with Zhaode and Zhigui." Li Shanren explained with a smile: "It may not be for the sake of seeing each other. Eleven Niang hasn't gone out for half a year, why not take this opportunity to go out for an outing?"

Cui Xin didn't even bother to say anything, the wedding was going to take place in more than ten days, why did my daughter go to the blind date meeting? !

But after a pause, Cui Xin reminded: "Since you are going to accompany Zhigui, then be careful, Erlang is going too."

Cui Lun's wife was from the Li family of Zhaojun, but died of illness at the beginning of the sixth year of Wude. Before that, Pei Shiju wanted to offer her as a daughter of the family, but Cui Xin hesitated and refused.

The meaning of Cui Xin is obvious, they have already made a choice, so there is no need to choose a daughter-in-law for the second son at this time... Remind Li Shan that it is because on the one hand, Cui Lun doesn't know anything, and on the other hand, it is also because Cui Lun Xin was afraid that the second son would be tricked.

Li Shan fully agreed, for him, as long as the two uncles don't make trouble, life will be quite easy in the future... Li Shan knew that Li Shimin could live in the East Palace and even become emperor, so he must keep a low profile. In recent years, I have also been in the limelight. Whether it is Liu Yan who compiled the "Book of Tang" or Ouyang Xiu who compiled the "New Book of Tang", it is certain that he will write a biography for himself.

So in the Zhenguan Dynasty, as long as he kept a low profile, Li Jing, Li Ji, and Cheng Yaojin were all powerful enough, and he didn't get involved in the military power, then the people around him would basically ascend to heaven... In this regard, Li Shan can still trust Li Shimin.

I can remember the situation of the Zhenguan Dynasty much more clearly than the Wude Dynasty, and I can also remember it clearly in the small pinyin book. As long as I avoid those few pitfalls, I will be able to do it properly.

The more Li Shan thought about it, the more his thoughts gradually let go. Princess Gaoyang is a big hole, you can't touch it, and the crown prince and Wei Wang seize the heir. You must not get involved... It is estimated that when Li Shimin ascends the throne, his title of Wei Wang may be gone. , Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao Jun, was changed to the title of He Jian Jun Wang during the Zhenguan period.

Of course, the most important thing is to change the trajectory of a person's fate, that little loli Wu Zetian who should have learned to walk and talk by now.

Well, when King Qin enters the East Palace, Wu Zetian's father will almost die, and both Wu Zetian and her old mother will be kicked out, and then I have to train and train... If it is impossible, then the eldest son will suffer a little bit, but the third year of the female junior will embrace him. Gold bricks, the big deal is to hold a few more pieces.

Cui Xin's eyes were a little strange, and the look on the face of the son-in-law... didn't know what he was thinking, sometimes deep thought, sometimes frowning, and sometimes smiling slyly.

"Lang Jun!"

The notification sound from a distance woke up Li Shan's reverie, "Come in."

Fan Shiyi pushed the door open and entered, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

"Is there any spy?"

"Check carefully, there is no prying."

Cui Xin was a little surprised, and glanced at Fan Shiyi, "Pei Shiju didn't arrange any manpower?"

"No." Fan Shiyi is Li Shan's confidant. Although he doesn't know the inside story, many things can't get around him.

Li Shan was not surprised either, and said with a smile: "The last time was because he had to choose a general to go to war the next day, but this time is different, Pei Hongda doesn't have that many people."

"Don't underestimate it." Cui Xin solemnly reminded.

The corner of Fan Shiyi's mouth twitched. Pei Shiju might not have so many people. Last time, there were a total of seven people who followed him, but all of them disappeared...

An hour later, when the appointed time was approaching, Li Shan and Fan Shiyi quietly left through the side door of Cui's mansion, walked through the streets and alleys, and even took the road through the back door of a private house to reach their destination.

This time, the only one waiting for Li Shan was Qin Wang Li Shimin.

"Meet Your Highness."

"Huiren is here." Li Shimin said with a smile, "It's really hard to see each other."

(End of this chapter)