Di Renjie was a little confused, but he heard the woman in the carriage say: "This pocket contains some local specialties from Japan. You and I are destined to be together today, so just accept it!"

Di Renjie was stunned when he heard this. He had also heard some rumors about these two princesses: they were the daughters of the Supreme Emperor and the sinner Xiao Fei. They were thrown into the Yeting Palace by the Empress Dowager and had a very difficult life. They later escaped from Chang'an for nearly ten years. Year, the Supreme Emperor recently abdicated, and the Emperor was able to return to Chang'an after ascending the throne.Normally, these two people should have had a very difficult time these years, but it seems that it is a little different from what they thought.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Di Renjie didn't take it, Li Xiayu frowned: "Di Canjun doesn't like it?"

"Don't dare!" Di Renjie quickly took the deerskin bag from the Japanese guard with both hands. Feeling that the bag was heavy, he quickly put it into his sleeves, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for this generous gift!"

"Okay!" Seeing Di Renjie accept it, Li Xiayu nodded slightly: "Then I'll join the army and lead the way!"

Di Renjie responded and led the way. Surrounded by hundreds of guards in royal robes, the carriage was traveling along the official road. Pedestrians and merchants hurriedly moved to the side of the road, knelt down and bowed politely, so majestic!Di Renjie looked at the team behind him, and a thought came to his mind - why don't these two princesses of the Tang Dynasty feel like they are going home?

When they arrived at the post house, the governor of Henan came out to greet them. In the Tang Dynasty, Taiyuan, Luoyang, and Chang'an all had government offices for governance. The chiefs were pastors, but they were usually led by princes from afar. The actual support for government affairs was the governor, not the governor. A high-ranking official from the third rank can be regarded as extremely courteous.Li Suwen said that her two sisters were tired from the journey and refused the welcome banquet, so they stayed in a specially arranged manor outside the city.

"Di joins the army!"

"Your Majesty is here!" Di Renjie hurriedly saluted Fu Yin.

"You did a good job in welcoming your two highnesses today!" Henan Fu Yin was a red-faced old man with a happy face. He was speechless and smiled: "There are still hundreds of miles from Luoyang to Chang'an, so don't bother the two masters. , let you pick him up and send him to Chang'an!"

Di Renjie said nothing, and Fu Yin frowned. This young man was usually quite courageous in his duties. Why did he look like this today? Could it be that there was something else going on?
"Huaiying!" This time Fu Yin called Di Renjie directly, and his tone was much more cordial: "What's wrong? Is there some difficulty?"

Di Renjie hesitated for a moment: "Master Fu, the hundreds of guards around your two highnesses are not members of the Tang Dynasty, and they are armed with sharp swords and strong bows. I am afraid that something will happen on the road!"

"Hahaha!" Fu Yin laughed: "So that's it, you don't need to worry. Your two highnesses have been living in the Japanese country these years, and naturally most of the attendants around them are Japanese. It's not like you haven't seen the Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, although they are some They are barbarians, but they know the basics. Besides, your two highnesses are fine even traveling such a long distance from Dengzhou to here, so why do you need to worry?"

Di Renjie had no choice but to accept the order. He came to the stable and was about to untie the reins of his mount when something fell from his sleeve. When he looked closely, he saw that it was the Japanese specialty gifted by the two princesses earlier. He sighed, He picked up the deerskin bag, untied the string on it, stretched out his hand and touched it, and felt that it seemed to be some kind of fine sand. He walked under the firelight, stretched out his fingers and looked, and saw that the fingers were shining with golden light, like paint. It was as if it was coated with gold paint, but the deerskin pocket was actually filled with gold sand.

Early the next morning, Di Renjie, who had not slept much all night, appeared in front of the manor and asked to see the two highnesses.The first thing he did when he saw Li Xiayu was to take out the pocket of gold sand and present it with both hands.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiayu asked.

"No reward for no merit!" Di Renjie lowered his head and said, "I haven't done anything for your two highnesses, so I really don't dare to receive such a generous reward!"

"Hahaha!" Li Xiayu laughed: "You don't have to be like this. The Japanese country is rich in these things. I have been in a foreign country for many years and have rarely seen Tang people. I am very kind to you today, so I give you these. Just accept them!" She didn't wait for Di Renjie to continue to refuse, then said: "I dare not refuse because of the gift given by the elders; it is disrespectful to refuse. Since you are a minister of the Tang Dynasty and your position is under me, how can you refuse?"

The passage Li Xiayu just said comes from "Book of Rites: Qu Lishang" by Dai Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty. A scholar like Di Renjie dared not refuse after hearing this, so he had to accept it.Seeing that Di Renjie accepted it, Li Xiayu smiled and said, "That's great, then I'll help you with the rest of the journey!"

"This is the responsibility of the minister!" Di Renjie accepted the gift, and a subtle change occurred in his heart.After bowing to Li Xiayu, he withdrew.As soon as he went out, Li Suwen came out from behind the screen: "Sister, you are lying again. You and I are in Nambajin. There are many merchants, monks studying, and wealthy people who colonize and hunt whales. Most of them are Tang people. How can you Will we see less Tang people?"

"This can't be considered a lie!" Li Xiayu waved his hand casually: "Although there are many Tang people in Nambajin, there are definitely not as many Japanese people. I said there are very few Tang people. Am I wrong?"

"You -" Li Suwen was so angry that she was speechless for a moment. Finally, she paused: "Sister, are you acting rogue? I won't talk to you anymore?"

"Do you think I'm being a rogue?" Li Xiayu laughed: "Okay! Sister, if you want to say that I'm being a rogue, then I'm just being a rogue! But if you want to avenge your mother, just say a few words and act a bit rogue." What does it matter? My mother lost to that woman because she was just like you now, too arrogant and arrogant. She refused to do this or that, and finally ended up like that! Don’t you think so? Xiao B?" Her last words were spoken outside the window.

"Xiao Yi?" Li Suwen turned around in surprise, only to find that there was an extremely handsome young man standing by the window at some point. He had arms and waist, a slight beard, and a tattoo on his neck. It was Wu Xiaoyi: "You, you're not Are you staying in Japan? Why are you here?"

"I've met your highness!" Wu Xiaoyi bowed to Li Suwen: "I heard that your highnesses were going back to Chang'an, so I rushed back to Nambajin and asked your highness to leave a place for me on the ship!"

"Then why didn't I see you along the way? And how did you get in just now? I was facing the door and the window was closed!" Li Xiayu asked.

"Haha!" Wu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "If I can't even hide from His Highness's eyes, wouldn't all the skills I have practiced over the years have been in vain? Why are you going back to Chang'an?"

Li Suwen's face was slightly red. It turned out that Wu Xiaoyi had been practicing fighting on the battlefield over the years, while traveling around, competing with experts from Baekje, Japan, Goguryeo, Silla, Liaodong, Shandong and other places, and learning from the strengths of others. Based on the swordsmanship, swordsmanship, crossbow shooting, horn attack and other martial arts learned from Cao Wenzong, coupled with the experience of fighting and the skills learned from various places, he has already become better than his master.The Japanese were so impressed by its elusive skills that they gave it the nickname "Kurotengu". They believed that its martial arts surpassed that of ordinary people and could be compared with this kind of monster with "extraordinary martial arts" in ancient Japanese legends.

"Xiao Yi, are you going back to Chang'an with us, or are we going to separate here?" Li Xiayu asked.

"With you!" Wu Xiaoyi said.

"I remember you still have some old friends in Chang'an!" Li Xiayu said with a smile: "Why don't you go visit them first?" "Old friends?" Wu Xiaoyi's eyes flashed with warmth, and then became cold again: "The big thing has not yet been accomplished. Why do you care about old friends!"

"Okay!" Li Xiayu said with a smile, "That's good. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it and act rashly, but it will alarm the enemy!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Wu Xiaoyi laughed: "I have been waiting for so many years, why can't I wait for such a short time!"

Li Suwen was listening to the conversation between her sister and Wu Xiaoyi, and she felt like she was in a fog. Suddenly a light flashed in her mind, and she suddenly understood: "Xiaoyi, are you also doing it for that woman?"

"Of course, otherwise what else could it be for?" Wu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "I have been in Wang Wenzuo's army for so many years just for this day. I didn't expect that I would really wait for it!" At this point, he waved his right hand and flicked his sleeves. Then, there was just a soft sound, and half of the wooden window frame on the side was missing. The cut was very smooth, and I didn't know how he did it.

"What a skill!" Li Xiayu's eyes lit up: "Then you will hide in my guard these days. If I don't give an order, you don't have to move!"

"Good to say!" Wu Xiaoyi responded and stepped back behind the screen. Li Suwen hurriedly chased after her, only to find that there was no one behind the screen. When she opened the window again, she could only see the night wind swaying and the stars shining brightly outside. There are still people somewhere.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi!" Li Suwen called twice, but no one answered. Li Xiayu came from behind and said coldly: "Don't scream, he doesn't want to see you, and it won't break your throat if you scream." If he wants to see you, he will show up naturally!"

"Sister, have you ever thought about whether doing this will embarrass Saburo?"

"Sanlang?" Li Xiayu frowned slightly, then smiled: "How do you know that Sanlang didn't ask us to come back to take that woman's life? Don't forget, in order to save us, Sanlang almost died at the hands of that woman !”

"Okay!" Li Suwen was finally persuaded by her sister: "In any case, you must obtain Saburo's consent before taking action!"

"That's natural!" Li Xiayu hugged his sister in his arms: "You have grown up with such careful consideration!"

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Chang'an, Wang Wenzuo's residence.

"Brother Jieye!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to Langri on his right: "This is Langri, the confidant of Tubo Mansong Mangtsenzenpu, and also my old friend! And this one!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to his left hand Li Jingye next to him: "That's Li Jingye. His ancestor is the British Duke Li Ji, and he is also my best friend! He is currently the Young Minister of Taipu Temple!"

"Long time admiration!" Li Jingye and Lang Ri said in unison, both of them were smiling, but their eyes were shining with calmness.

"There are three of us, one is a nobleman of Tubo, one is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, and I am a military general. It is fate that we can meet here today!" Wang Wenzuo raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Come on, drink this glass first!" "

Langri and Li Jingye raised their glasses in response, and the three of them finished drinking. The maids on both sides served the wine and food like running water. Wang Wenzuo was just asking for wine and serving dishes, but he seemed to be an attentive host, lest the guests would not eat and drink well.Both Langri and Li Jingye had something on their minds. Although the wine was dry, there was no taste in their mouths, as if they were chewing wax.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wang Wenzuo suddenly clapped his hands twice, and all the maids and servants in the room retreated, leaving only the three of them.Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "I have a habit of eating and drinking first before talking about business. If you two are already full, then we can talk about business!"

Lang Ri and Li Jingye's spirits were lifted. They definitely didn't come to Wang Wenzuo's house to have dinner and wine. Their unanimous expression was enough.

"Well, you two are old acquaintances with me, so I won't beat around the bush!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Langri, His Majesty has agreed to your strategy of uniting Wu and Chu." You can only be the deputy envoy, and this is the chief envoy! "Wang Wenzuo said this and pointed at Li Jingye.

When Langri just listened to Wang Wenzuo's introduction, he had already guessed that the Tang people wanted to send someone to be the envoy, and it was expected that he could only be the deputy envoy. After all, he was just an exile. Regardless of loyalty, he could only be the deputy envoy. From the perspective of winning the trust of the local barbarians, Li Jingye, the eldest grandson of the famous general Li Ji, was more suitable than himself.

"This is very good. With the reputation of Brother Jieye, I will definitely succeed this time!"

"Don't dare!" Li Jingye said with a smile: "I don't know anything about Tubo and the barbarians in the southwest. Please give me some advice from Brother Langri!"

The two complimented each other a few times, and Wang Wenzuo began to make arrangements: "Strike first and control others later. It is best not to let the Tubo people know about this kind of thing, so as not to be defensive. So I plan to make brother Jingye suffer a little first." , was first reprimanded by His Majesty in the court and demoted to Yaozhou (today's Yao'an County, Yunnan Province) as a governor. Brother Langri went with him. The imperial court issued a secret edict ordering Brother Li to control the barbarians and have the power to recruit them autocratically. How? ?”

"That's great!" Li Jingye said happily. According to the political practices at the time, the governors of remote places in the southwest like Yaozhou were the unlucky ones who failed in the political struggle in Chang'an. For example, Liu Renyuan was exiled. , and ended up dying on the way.A distinguished man like Li Jingye would not be able to go to that kind of place unless he was very unlucky.

"That's all thanks to Brother Jingye for your hard work!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile.

"If it is beneficial to the country, you can kill yourself, let alone go to Yaozhou to be the governor!" Li Jingye said with a smile.

The major joints were finalized, and the three of them relaxed and chatted a few words.Li Jingye suddenly asked: "Brother Langri, I have heard of your strategy before, but I have never been to the Liuzhao land. There are many barbarians in the southwest. Why did you choose that place as a way to contain Tubo?"


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