Late Tang

Li Jing hosted a banquet for Yang Xingmi and his party at Jixiang Temple in the city. Jixiang Temple is one of the 72 temples inside and outside Xiapi City, located in the eastern part of the outer city.

Xiapi City is located at the confluence triangle of Sishui and Yishui. Its northeast is Yishui, which goes south, and northwest is Sishui, which meets ancient Bianshui and goes south. Surabaya and ancient Bianshui meet in Xuzhou, northwest of Xiapi, and then flow to Xiapi. Pi, finally meets the Yishui River, and flows into the Huaihe River in the southeast direction.

In addition to the Yi and Sier Rivers, there is a Shu River to the east of Xiapi City, and a Sui River to the west.The valleys of the Yi and Shu rivers in the east are important passages from the Huaisi area to Qing, Qi, Zi, Lai and Deng in eastern Henan.

And along the Sishui to the northwest, it leads directly to Xuzhou, the important town of Huaisi, and along the Suishui to the west, it goes directly to Suzhou.

It can be said that Xiapi has always been the political, economic and cultural center of the eastern Central Plains.It is the thoroughfare of water and land in the Central Plains, with a prosperous population and prosperous commerce.

The three cities of Xuzhou, Xiapi, and Sizhou form a corner, and have always been the battlegrounds of Huaibei and Huaisi.

During the Three Kingdoms period, both Liu Bei and Lu Bu stationed troops here, and Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu all fought hard here.

Xiapi City also has a huge feature, that is, the transformation of the past dynasties, and finally connects Sishui and Yishui, so that the two rivers of Si and Yi finally completely surround Xiapi City into an inverted triangle, forming Xiapi City The defense has become a little stronger.

Xiapi was originally under the rule of the probation army, but now it has become an important military town under the Qin army, and now it is the base camp where the Qin army is preparing to attack Xu and Suzhou.From time to time, patrol soldiers and horses passed by on the street, adding a bit of chill to this silent night.

Zhao Jiang told them that the Qin army was ready to attack Xusu Erzhou, "If it hadn't been for hearing that Yang Langjun is coming, King Qin would have led his army to leave Bupi." He explained casually with a smile: "The grass thief Huang Chao Taking advantage of our crusade against Gao Pian, we seized food from the tiger's mouth and took the opportunity to rob Xusu Erzhou. These grass thieves are bold, but it is not so simple to steal food from our tiger's mouth. No matter what they take away, we will Let them all spit it out again. Don't look at Huang Chao's majesty in Luoyang, it's because our King Qin doesn't have the time to pay attention to him now, otherwise, the hundred thousand banners have already entered Luoyang."

The carriage stopped in front of the temple gate. Xiapi is a place where Buddhism flourishes, and there are 72 temples inside and outside the city.Every year on April [-]th, during the Buddha Bathing Festival, believers from all over the world come to Xiapi to burn incense, and set up meals along the way for dozens of miles. The scene is grand.

Li Jing held a banquet at Jixiang Temple, the host in the temple not only didn't feel disturbed, but felt that Sansheng was lucky, and warmly entertained Li Jing and his party.Outside the temple gate, two Zhike monks were specially sent to welcome King Qin's guests.

The two Zhike monks had fat heads and big ears, and their faces were full of oil, which was different from the people in Xiapi City who were yellow and hungry.However, their etiquette was very good. They chanted Amitabha Buddha and greeted them with a smile. Zhao Jiang said something polite to them, and invited Yang Lihua, brother and sister to get off the car together, and followed the Zhike monk into the temple.

Yang Lihua noticed that her brother's hand was tightly gripping the hilt of the Malay snake sword bought from a Dengzhou businessman, and he seemed to be as nervous as she was. "Don't be nervous for a while, remember what my brother taught you." Yang Xingmi whispered to her.

Zhao Jiang said with a smile on the side: "Many prominent civil servants and military generals from Daxingtai will attend the dinner tonight. The governor, basically will come."

When Yang Xingmi heard this, he couldn't help being startled, and then became excited.The dinner tonight is so grand, it seems that it is exactly what Yuan Xi said, not only does he need Li Jing's support, it turns out that Li Jing also needs his.

Entering the backyard of the temple, the hall in front is where the dinner will be held tonight.There was already a refreshing scent of perfume in the air.They were led into the living room by Zhike monks. Under the red porch, a monk announced their visit loudly: "Yang Dalang from Luzhou came with Mrs. Yang," "Mr. Yuan Xi and Xu Dunmei from Luzhou arrived! "

Amidst the welcome sound of monks, they walked into the hall.

There are already desks in the hall, one person per seat, and behind these seats, many people have already been seated.But what surprised Yang Lihua was that these people were very young, most of them were in their 30s and 50s, and there were only a few who looked [-] or [-] years old.There was already a young man sitting on the main seat, who looked much younger than her elder brother, calm and majestic, and heroic. She just took one look and dared not look again, guessing in her heart that it was King Qin.

Yang Lihua looked away, but suddenly discovered that she was not the only female surname at today's dinner party. On both sides of Li Jing's upper seat, there were a few special table tables, and there were no bead curtains, or On the screen, four beauties were sitting there.Although two of them were Hu girls, Yang Lihua could tell at a glance that they had extraordinary auras, and they were by no means ordinary divas.

Zhao Jiang whispered next to them: "The person sitting upright at the top is the King of Qin, and the four on the left and right of His Highness are the Seventh Madam Zhang, the Ninth Madam Mei, the tenth Madam Zhu, and the other one is Daxingtai Supervisor The prime minister is also the wife of Gongsun, the doctor of the investigation bureau."

The last introduction caught Yang Lihua's attention, she was slightly surprised: "Is she an official from Daxingtai?"

"Ms. Gongsun is an important official in Daxingtai, the head of the Supervision Department, and the head of the Supervision Department of the Sixth Division and Three Offices of Daxingtai." Zhao Jiang smiled lightly: "The Supervision Zhongcheng is in charge of the Ninth Bureau of Supervision."

"Women can also be officials, and hold such a high official position?" She couldn't help but blurt out.

"Under the rule of King Qin, women can also be officials. Not only can they be officials, but they can also be doctors, husbands, etc. We are everywhere, and nearly half of married women work like men. Not only can they be husbands Parenting, and earning money to support the family.”

Yang Lihua found that she was full of curiosity about the four women beside King Qin. She had already learned that, except for the Seventh Lady Zhang, who was born as the daughter of the former governor of Songzhou, the other three women were not simple.Those two barbarians were actually the wives of Li Jing's two generals in the legend. Both of them were really the masters of an army, each commanding more than hundreds of warships and 5000 troops.Moreover, the two wives were actually pirates and experienced many battles.

King Qin not only appointed women as officials, but also let his concubines serve as generals and lead troops to fight. Yang Lihua has already begun to be full of curiosity about the young King Qin.

Yang Xingmi held Yang Lihua's hand tightly, pointed to Li Jing who was above him, and whispered, "Sister, did you see him?"

Li Jing sat at the head, graceful and calm.He was chatting and laughing softly with the ladies beside him, his smile was so good-looking, free and easy and confident.

"Did my sister see him? He was born in the same year as my elder brother, and even had almost the same background as us. But look at him, in his twenties, he is already the king of a town, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, and his own family. Dozens of states, ruled by millions of people, billions of dollars of wealth, even today depends on Li Jing's face. But look at your brother, compared to him, he is nothing. Princes and generals are kind Huh? Li Jing also started from scratch. In today's troubled times, a hero rises from the current situation. If my brother can get his help, he will surely be able to achieve a great career. The Emperor Guangzong Yaozong. Sister, can you help my brother with this?"

Yang Lihua's hand hurt a little from being pinched by Yang Xingmi, but she didn't make a sound.

If her brother's words had been told to her before today, although she would not object, she would definitely be unhappy in her heart.But at this time, listening to her brother's words, she quietly glanced at the man above her, but she couldn't help feeling her heart beating. expect.

Finally, she hoarse her voice and whispered: "I am willing." After saying this, two lines of tears suddenly fell from the corners of her eyes. She didn't know why the tears flowed, whether it was excitement, joy, or sad?

"Sister, brother won't harm you. Being with Li Jing will definitely be the best destination for my sister in this life. Wipe away your tears, he is here."

Yang Lihua turned her head, and sure enough Zhao Jiang was walking towards this side with Li Jing, she quickly wiped away the two lines of tears with the back of her hand.

"Smile at him quickly." Yang Xingmi wanted to press the hilt of the sword, but suddenly remembered that the sword had been taken away by Li Jing's guards outside the hall, and he said nervously, "Remember to hold your chest up."

Before coming here, Yang Xingmi was full of confidence in his younger sister. Although the younger sister was not a famous lady, she was naturally beautiful.But after entering the hall and seeing the four women beside Li Jing, he realized that the concubines beside Li Jing were no worse than his sister.Compared with them, my younger sister has a youthful taste, so it pales in comparison.He couldn't help feeling a little regretful, maybe he should have found a more beautiful woman to bring him.

Seeing Li Jing getting closer and closer, Yang Lihua's heart couldn't help beating violently, she finally smiled and straightened her towering breasts.

After the dinner was over, Yang Xingmi went back with Yuan Xi and Xu Wen satisfied, while his younger sister Yang Lihua was kept by the lady Gongsun.This result made him very satisfied, which showed that things were one step closer to success.

After staying in Xiapi for another day, Yang Xingmi was finally summoned by Li Jing again.After staying in Li Jing's study for an afternoon, Yang Xingmi couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart when he came out, he almost screamed up to the sky, so that when Yang Xingmi left the hospital, he bumped into a person directly.

After a few apologies, the two nodded goodbye, but after Yang Xingmi walked for a while, he suddenly felt that the person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember such a person among the civil and military personnel of the Qin army whom he had met in the past few days. young people.When he turned his head to look around, there was no sign of that person anymore.

Outside Li Jing's study, Zhao Jiang knocked on the door and reported, "Your Highness, General Qian Jumei of Hangzhou is asking to see you!"

Li Jing's voice came from inside the room, "It turns out that Brother Jumei is here, please come in!"

Standing outside the door, Qian Liu quickly tidied up the messy clothes just now, then coughed lightly, pushed open the door of the secretary, and directly paid homage, saying loudly: "Hangzhou Qian Liu, see His Royal Highness King Qin!" (To be continued .)