Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 26 Ten Days
Outside the side door of Pei Mansion, six carriages were ready to go, and the accompanying servants and servants were all able-bodied and strong men, standing with lowered eyes, obviously well-trained.

Inside the side door, the high-spirited Li Dewu put his arm around his wife who insisted on seeing him off, and advised, "Don't worry, I will be back within ten days."

Mrs. Pei slightly bowed her knees and saluted, "Your husband travels far, safety is the first priority, don't travel day and night."

Li Dewu looked left and right, held his wife's hand, and said in a low voice: "This behavior must be as good as jade."

"Husband!" Pei's face flushed.

Since the reunion after the broken mirror, Li Dewu has favored only one person, even after Mrs. Pei became pregnant, he did not call maids to serve him as usual, and the journey is imminent. Such words, how can we not make Mrs. Pei feel sweet.

Li Dewu's gaze fell slowly and landed on his wife's abdomen. Two months ago, Pei's family was diagnosed with Liujia, and his father-in-law finally let go.

On the Hebei battlefield, although Liu Heitai was defeated and fled north, the fighting did not stop. Xu Yuanlang, who followed Liu Heitai in his army, was still stubbornly resisting, and King Qin led his troops to besiege.

Pei Shiju chose to act at this time. Chang'an is not far from Luoyang. It can be reached in one day and night by expediting six hundred miles, and five days by walking in the coffin.

Luo Shixin died in battle in Hebei, and Li Dewu was ordered to carry the coffin to Luoyang, where he was buried next to Pei Renji's tomb. After the return trip, King Qin should have defeated Xu Yuanlang and returned to his teacher, and the Chang'an Order should also be vacant.

Under his wife's earnest gaze, Li Dewu strode down the steps. He knew that the day he returned to Beijing was the day he would start his official career... His wife had already informed him last night, and the East Palace had acquiesced in this matter.

After boarding the carriage, Li Dewu gave the order to set off. Only when he was alone in the carriage did he show a sinister and hateful sneer.

But the sneer was fleeting, and he returned to his gentle and elegant appearance. Li Dewu warned himself in his heart that the people outside the car were all servants of the Pei family, and they must not show any traces.

It has been several months since the broken mirror was reunited, and it has been two months since the wife was diagnosed with pregnancy, but the father-in-law did not let go until now... Li Dewu knew why.

And this time he let him carry the coffin to Luoyang, Li Dewu knew the intention of his father-in-law Pei Shiju better, he was afraid that he would raise a white-eyed wolf.

Li Dewu was able to reunite with Pei's family largely because Pei's heart was as firm as a rock and he would never remarry... As long as there was a slight possibility, Pei Shiju didn't want to see his only daughter and Li Dewu reunite.

Because Li Hun and Li Min were falsely accused of treason back then, so that they were convicted and sentenced to death, and their clan was destroyed. The mastermind was Yu Wenshu, but the first accuser was Pei Renji, then General Wu Benlang.

Li Dewu guessed in his heart that his father-in-law asked him to carry the coffin to Luoyang and bury Luo Shixin's body next to Pei Renji's tomb. It was a temptation?Still a warning?
But at the very least, you need to show an attitude.

Last night, Li Dewu told his wife that although Pei Renji belonged to Wenxi Pei family in Wenxi, he was a member of the middle family, and his father-in-law was a family member of the west, so it was irrelevant.

Lifting the curtain of the car, the wind with the chill of early spring blew on Li Dewu's face, which shocked him. After half a year, he finally came out.

Looking far away at the hill on the left side of the official road, Li Dewu could vaguely see a temple on the mountain. Li Dewu knew that it was the Dongshan Temple, which had become famous in recent months. During the Lantern Festival two months ago, he asked Wu Zhong to seek sutras. Born pregnant Liujia.

Thinking of this, Li Dewu thought that after returning to Beijing, he would find a chance to go to Dongshan Temple to offer incense and fulfill his vows.

Suddenly aware of someone peeping, Li Dewu turned his gaze, and a monk on the side of the road stared at him with piercing eyes, with an indescribably strange expression on his face.

The lowered car curtain blocked his view, Zhu Ba cursed secretly in his heart, quickened his pace and entered the city, walked around outside the gate of Pei's house twice, and then waited quietly at a corner with the familiar three turns and two turns.

"What are you doing?"

"He went to Luoyang?"

"what?"

"He has gone to Luoyang." Zhu Ba changed his tone affirmatively, "When will you return to Chang'an?"

Wu Zhongfa, with a terrified face, threatened in a low voice: "If you don't get lost, believe it or not, I will let you..."

"Da Lang said it, if you don't want to say it..." Zhu Ba grinned, "Da Lang will come in person tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I won't look for him, nor will I scold the wife of the Pei family, but I will only look for you."

"Don't be afraid, I just invite you to drink."

"I heard from Da Lang that when you were in Lingnan, the two of you... and maybe others, often got together to drink."

Wu Zhong's face gradually turned pale. Although he was not considered a smart person, he still had a faint feeling that he was fooled that day.

Originally, he wanted to deport the mother and son back to Lingnan, but he failed to return, and he still had a clue in Li Shan's hands.

Dozens of entanglements are trivial matters, once he leaks the news to Li Shan and is found out... how can he survive!
But if Li Shan really came to drink with him, if he was discovered by the three rebel servants who followed Li Dewu at the same time... I'm afraid life would be worse than death.

The four of them voted for Mr. Lang at the same time, and he was the most valued, and was pushed into the porter... Among the aristocratic families, the porter is one of the most respectable jobs among servants.

Gritting his teeth and thinking again and again, Wu Zhong's mind became muddled, and he glanced at the monk with an indifferent face, "Return to Beijing in ten days."

Zhu Ba nodded, turned around and left, and went to Dongshi to buy another two catties of gypsum... This time I changed to a pharmacy, and the shopkeeper wanted to report to the government last time.

All the way back to Zhujiagou, Zhu Ba went straight to Li's house.

"Ten days..." Li Shan's eyes flickered, and he nodded to make Zhu Ba retreat.

"Pretending to be a ghost." Zhou Zhao, who was half-lying on the couch, said lazily, "I'm out of wine again."

Li Shan ignored this guy, and suddenly said: "I heard that King Qi also followed King Qin to attack Hebei..."

"It's nothing more than checks and balances." Zhou Zhao said indifferently: "King Qin's military exploits are unrivaled. He has controlled Yizhou Daoxingtai, controlled Jiannan Dao, Longyou Dao, and Guannei Dao. , both internally and externally have too much power."

"Liu Heikai ran across Hebei, and all the generals were defeated. The sage had no choice but to use the King of Qin again. In this great victory, Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong all made great contributions. Encircled, tsk tsk, escaped safely again!"

Glancing at Li Shan, Zhou Zhao explained: "Last year in the battle of Luoyang, the King of Qin was surrounded by Zheng's army twice. If it wasn't for Yuchi Jingde... the commander of the army would take risks with his own body, and a wise man would not do it."

Li Shan knew that this was referring to the famous savior Yuchi Gong riding alone in history, and he couldn't help but think to himself, Li Yuan might not be... But Li Jiancheng probably jumped up and scolded Liu Heita and Wang Shichong for being useless, surrounded by him, but he couldn't kill him.

Putting these thoughts aside, Li Shan tapped on the table, "It's a long way from the topic."

Zhou Zhao turned over and sat up, and sighed: "The East Palace has not made any military achievements for many years. It is difficult for the sage to restrain him with the king of Qi."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Wei happened to enter the door, "The sage called King Qin back to Beijing."

Li Shan's eyes lit up, "Xu Yuanlang is still alive?"

Seeing Zhu Wei nodding, Zhou Zhao looked at Li Shan thoughtfully from the corner of his eye.

(End of this chapter)