Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

When Changsun Wuyou heard what Li Zhiyun said, he took the tray from the handmaid himself and said with a smile: "I thought Wulang would blame the second sister-in-law from now on?"

What she said immediately made Li Zhiyun's face turn red, and he was speechless, so he had to take a sip of wine to cover up the blush on his face, making people think it was the result of the rising smell of alcohol.

Li Yuanji didn't hinder him, he laughed, Li Xuanba was completely confused, he didn't know what kind of riddle the fifth brother and the second sister-in-law were playing, but he didn't ask immediately, since the second sister-in-law said so, it must be the second sister-in-law who did it today What, made the fifth brother feel uncomfortable.

"Brother, the food is delicious, but what else can I use?" Changsun Wuyou stopped teasing his uncle, and turned his head to ask Li Xie with a little restraint and respect.

Li Xie lightly shook his head: "Second lady doesn't need to work too hard, don't spoil the second child too much."

Li Shimin was immediately upset and shouted, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Li Xie gave him a meaningful look, and Li Shimin immediately turned his head guiltily, not daring to choke with his elder brother.

Changsun Wuyou knew it well, smiled and said: "Erlang is very good, big brother has a heart."

After Changsun Wuyou left, the five brothers ate for about half an hour. Except for Li Xie, they were all drunk. Li Xuanba and Li Yuanji drank on their faces, their faces were flushed, and their eyes were also dazed. Face, asked him what he answered, he seemed to be clear-headed and logical, but this girl was actually drunk.

But in Li Zhiyun's situation, Li Xie had the idea of ​​sending him out to do spy work, because he was drunk and seemed to answer to the point, but in fact the answer was not what was asked, and he would not reveal the secret.

Changsun Wuyou is a virtuous housemate, she arranged a carriage to see off the guests, and Li Xie did not sit in the carriage until the servant helped Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and Li Zhiyun into the carriage.

Li Shimin was drunk, so Changsun Wuyou didn't come out to see off the guests, she went to serve Li Shimin.

Looking at the drunk man on the couch, Changsun Wuyou sighed with a smile, took the towel from the handmaid's hand, and said to Li Shimin: "Erlang, if you don't know how to drink, don't drink so much."

She gently wiped Li Shimin's face and hands, and said with emotion: "It's better for elder brother to drink well. I have never seen elder brother drunk."

The mother-in-law passed away shortly after the eldest grandson Wuyou married in, so she didn't have much contact with Li Jiancheng. All the impressions about Li Jiancheng in her mind now come from Li Xie.

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shimin on the bed opened his eyes abruptly. He was actually eight or nine times drunk, but he kept a clear consciousness all the time.

"Who said that elder brother has never been drunk? Hehe, elder brother has been drunk and went crazy quite a few times before." Li Shimin shook his head, looked at the front again, and muttered: "Wuyou, don't shake, I will watch I don't know you."

Then Li Shimin planted his head on the shoulder of Changsun Wuyou, and the maidservants covered their mouths and giggled endlessly, thinking in their hearts that Mr. Erlang was still thinking about the second lady when he was drunk, which shows that the second lady has always been in the heart of Mr. Erlang.

The eldest grandson Wuyou smiled helplessly, and said, "Who is shaking? You are still stubborn when you are drunk."

In fact, Changsun Wuyou understands that this is Li Shimin's usual tactic to play tricks on her, so that she can't pursue his affairs outside.Eldest brother told her not to spoil him, he is the prince now, and he likes beauty, but there will only be more women in the backyard, how can she manage it?If she is jealous and causes the husband and wife to separate, wouldn't it be those women in the backyard who are cheap?

When the Tang Dynasty was established, Li Yuan moved into the palace with his family, and all his underage children lived in the palace. This palace was the palace of the previous dynasty, but Yang Guang moved his capital to Luoyang. This palace was abandoned for more than ten years. The place has been in disrepair for a long time, and the entire palace has not been fully restored to life.

Li Xuanba considered that he was already married and would probably get married soon, so he also had a mansion outside, not far from Li Xie's mansion.

But this guy's mansion is the same as Li Xie's mansion, except for Mrs. Sasao and a few rough servants, all of them are tough men, so Li Xie directly took him back to his mansion.

After Xu time passed, the sunset gradually set in the sky, and the sky turned dark. The servants in the house were used to this, so the three younger brothers could be settled well without Li Xie bothering.

The housekeeper of Lixie Mansion is Shi Dong, who is over forty years old. He married and had children in his hometown in the early days. He found his wife and three children among those dead people, but he stayed in his hometown for a month, and did not wait for his wife and children to return, so he had to go into exile to find his wife and children.

This is the end of the Sui Dynasty, there are rebels everywhere, and the roads are not peaceful. Li Xie rescued him on the way back to Jinyang, and he followed him to do things. The original housekeeper, Liao Chong, was sent to do other things That's it, Shi Dong took over the housekeeper's business.Of course, Shi Dong also used Li Xie's power to find his wife and children in the past few years, but there was no news.

Shi Dong and Liao Chong have a good relationship, so he won't bother Li Xie with his personal affairs, that is, please ask Liao Chong and the others to give orders, and if he finds out about his wife and children, he must tell him.

But now the world is very chaotic, the Tang Dynasty has established a country, but there are still many places occupied by other warlords, it is not easy to pass the news, and you have to be careful not to be caught, otherwise what if it is used?

At night, Li Xie didn't go to bed very late, and now Yunyao stopped in one place without moving, so she should be asleep.In fact, he should go to her, but in these two months, he must not leave the capital. He can only leave the capital after all the order of the court is straightened out.Of course it’s not just him, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji will also be sent out to fight. Wang Shichong of Luoyang and Li Mi of Wagang still occupy a piece of land. There can only be one master in this world, so this unification battle will start sooner or later. Since it has to start sooner or later, the sooner it ends, the better.

And in a small town about 80 kilometers away from Chang'an and about [-] kilometers away from Luoyang, this place is still under the jurisdiction of Luoyang. At night, the whole town is very quiet. In this chaotic world, how can ordinary people dare to go out at night?

An inn on a remote street in the town, the occupancy rate of inn guests is not bad, almost reaching half.Today, four young women came to the inn, the older one was seventeen or eighteen years old, and the younger one was about ten years old, but seeing that they were wearing coarse linen clothes, their complexion was dark and their skin was rough, they seemed to be rough maidservants of some rich family, the shopkeeper. Very proud, because when he was registering the guests, he asked carefully, and it was really like this.

Now in the guest room on the second floor, the master and servant had a simple dinner, and after getting some hot water from the kitchen to wash, the four of them lay on the same bed.Originally, the two maidservants did not dare to offend, but the young woman thought it was not safe, and the four of them had to live together all the time, which was safer.

The two younger ones had already fallen asleep, and the older woman and the maid did not fall asleep right away with their eyes open.

"Miss, are we really going to Chang'an?" The maid Liu He glued her hands together tightly, her eyes were fixed on the bed curtain, her eyes were dull, since the news came from Jiangdu ten days ago, His Majesty was sentenced to death. The minister killed her, and immediately the master took her and Seventh Lady to leave Luoyang. They hid in the suburbs of Luoyang to observe the situation in Luoyang, and soon Luoyang was occupied by the traitor Wang Shichong. He appointed Dalangjun's Xiaolangjun as the puppet emperor. The master immediately made a decision to leave Luoyang and head towards Chang'an.

The young woman is Liu He's master, her name is Yang Ruoxi, she is the third daughter of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty who was killed by the rebels ten days ago.

Yang Ruoxi's biological mother was a maidservant in the kitchen of the prince's mansion when Yang Guang was the prince. She was lucky to be given birth by Yang Guang by chance. She was the third among the sisters.She was not favored because her mother was ugly. In fact, her mother was not ugly, but suffered a lot, her face was dark, her hands were rough, and she looked rougher than a peasant woman who did farm work all day. Yang Guang the next day After waking up, seeing her mother's appearance, she was immediately angry, feeling that she was too hungry, and blamed her biological mother. After she was born, her biological mother has been raising her. After her biological mother passed away, the responsibility of raising her was handed over to Empress Xiao. The queen is very busy, but she just told people around her not to lack her food and clothing. The most considerate maidservant around her is Liu He, and the other maidservants left the palace before they left the palace.

Of course, as the emperor's daughter, although Yang Ruoxi is not as good as her sisters in life, she has the basics, so apart from being wronged when she was young, she later looked away.

The year before last, my father went to Jiangdu for a visit, and my aunt, brothers and sisters all went with him, but she and the seventh younger sister were left behind.

The reason for being left behind is that Seventh Sister was young and happened to be sick, so she had to be left behind, and she was sent to take care of Seventh Sister. In fact, although her father had forgotten her, she and Seventh Sister had been living in Luoyang for the past two years. Have a great time.

Until ten days ago, news came from Jiangdu that his father was murdered by a traitor, and the palace suddenly fell into chaos. All the maids and eunuchs ran away in a panic. In a hurry, the younger sister pinched and slapped her face again, waking her up.As a matter of urgency, they packed their bags, put on ugly makeup, put on the roughest civilian clothes, and escaped from the Luoyang Palace.

After wandering around the outskirts of Luoyang for a few days, and found that Luoyang was occupied by Wang Shichong, Yang Ruoxi simply took her sister and maidservant to Chang'an.

Hearing the maid's question, Yang Ruoxi sighed: "If you don't go to Chang'an, where can you go? Now the world is full of rebels, but those rebels have nothing to do with my father. The Emperor Tang and my father are cousins ​​anyway. He and Seventh Sister are just girls, so even if he doesn't take extra care of us, at least for the sake of grandma, we won't be bullied by others."

Yang Ruoxi knew that her and Seventh Sister's going to Chang'an might not lead to a happy life in the future, but as the princess of the former dynasty, no matter who fell into the hands, she would not be able to please her. Emperor Tang and his father were cousins, and their mothers were relatives. Sisters, even if they are afraid of each other because of such and such suspicions and other reasons, but now that one is dead and the other is the founding emperor, in terms of blood relationship, at least he will not abuse their sisters.

However, others will not bully them, but it is not possible that the Li family has become the royal family now, I am afraid that she and the seventh sister are married for no reason, but no matter what, she will never be a concubine, this is the last bit of her dignity as a royal princess.

Yang Ruoxi didn't think about going to Jiangdu to find her aunt and other sisters. In the past, her aunt took care of her because she was her father's daughter. As her father's aunt, she did her duty to take care of her.But now the aunt may not be safe. The aunt is over four years old, and no one will pay attention to her, but their sisters are still young, and the aunt can't protect them. The eldest sister is married, and the second sister died young. None of the sisters are married, and she is already 16 years old. If she hadn't been in Jiangdu, she would have been promised to marry by her father and aunt.

Along the way, Yang Ruoxi is the backbone of Seventh Sister and the two maidservants. They dare not spend more money on them. They eat and drink like those people who are in the rivers and lakes all day long. They are used to the life of rich clothes and fine food. Their bodies are actually very uncomfortable. Such a rough diet caused skin allergies even when wearing common clothes, but in order to survive, they endured it for a few days. Although the four of them were not as pale and emaciated, they were becoming more and more like those who fled. .

Yang Ruoxi stared at the bed curtain and thought, how can I reach Chang'an safely?The journey was not peaceful, and they were even more unsafe as women. Although they had vilified themselves, the deep sense of uneasiness in Yang Ruoxi's heart never disappeared. Do you want to go to Chang'an with someone?

It is naturally safe to partner with others, but the premise is that the accomplices are not rapers, murderers, or robbers, otherwise they are equally dangerous, so how should you choose your accomplices?The town seems to be very safe now, she will observe tomorrow to see if there is any caravan or convoy going to Chang'an together, can she partner with them?

In the early morning, people in Chang'an City gradually got up to do things, and the sleeping city was awakened, full of vitality.

After Li Xie got up, he was a little listless. He really wanted to leave the stall alone and go to Luoyang to pick up Yunyao. Considering the reality and the Chaos Orb, Yunyao would be safe, so he waited patiently. Chang'an.

He sat on the edge of the bed for a while, then immediately drew out a sword, and went to practice sword in the courtyard, and after a while, the sound of martial arts practice also sounded in the next courtyard, and there was no one else except Li Yuanji.

Although Li Xuanba's name is so domineering, in fact, this girl is a frail scholar. If he goes to the battlefield, he can be a military adviser, but he can't be a soldier who goes to the front line.

Li Zhiyun is not physically strong. In fact, if these two people were not Li Xie, they should have died early. It is already very good to be alive now. It is wishful thinking to want to have a healthy body.

Li Yuanji is stronger than ordinary people, so his weapons are two heavy hammers, but the strength of the heavy hammers is not very strong now, only two hundred catties. As he grows, his strength will become stronger, and his weapons will also be will refine.

Of course, Li Yuanji's weapons for the morning exercise are not his own. Li Xie's house has all kinds of weapons, just heavy hammers, and there is no shortage of them.

After Li Xie's morning training, it was not yet bright, but it was almost six o'clock now, and it was time to go to court. As the first prince who was born in a bright manner, he naturally couldn't miss the court.

In fact, the current court cannot solve various affairs, but must first establish rules, so the current court basically discusses various rules, such as the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the culture of the Tang Dynasty, the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, and so on.

This morning, all aspects of regulations were discussed. At noon, all the ministers left the palace hungry.

Li Xie has his own office in this shabby palace, and his current staffing is simple. In history, those famous counselors around Li Jiancheng have not yet come to him, and the people around him are all his own.

Among them, Wei Ting is his youngest, one year older than him. He and Li Jiancheng got married at about the same age, but the fate of children is much better than Li Jiancheng. The 30-year-old Wei Ting already has five children, all of whom are married The eldest is ten years old and the youngest is two years old. His wife and parents have also been taken to Chang'an.

Dou Ming knew that Li Jiancheng's cousin, the eldest son of Li Jiancheng's eldest uncle, was one year younger than Li Jiancheng. When the Li family raised troops in Jinyang, he had already worked by his side.Of course, Dou Mingzhi is already married, with one wife, two concubines, and five children, of which the eldest son, the second son, and the eldest daughter are concubines, and the third son and second daughter are concubines.

Dou Mingxuan is also Li Jiancheng's cousin, but he is the eldest son of his second uncle. He is three years younger than Li Jiancheng, and he is over 25 years old. Naturally, he married early. He has a wife and a concubine. He has four children. The eldest daughter is both born of the concubine, and the second son and daughter are both born of the concubine.

Jia Ting, who was also accidentally rescued by Li Xie after he came here, found that he was young but very talented, so he wanted to follow him, so Li Xie accepted him.

Liu Donglin, he was self-recommended, and he is the oldest member of this literati team. In two years, he will be 40 years old.

Ding Pu was recommended by Liu Donglin. Liu Donglin was Ding Pu's teacher. After graduating from school, Ding Pu has been earning a living everywhere. When he met Liu Donglin, he joined Lixie. He is five years younger than Liu Donglin.

Xue Tai, six years younger than Li Jiancheng, he recommended himself, but he had met Liu Donglin and Ding Pu before, and he also overheard Liu Donglin and Ding Pu discussing certain things in the teahouse. Who did Ding Pu work for? After inquiring, he stopped Li Xie and recommended himself.

Zhou Wenbai, one year younger than Li Jiancheng, was rescued by Li Xie after he was killed, contacted Xue Tai and the others for a few days, and stayed.

Lu Xiuming, the same age as Xue Tai, was recommended by Dou Mingzhi, and he joined Li Xie before Li Yuan's army invaded Chang'an.

These nine people are Lixie's literati team. Except for Jia Ting and Ding Pu, the others are all from famous families, of course they are not from such aristocratic families as the Cui family of Qinghe and the Lu family of Fanyang.

Dou Mingzhi's brother came from Li Jiancheng's family, the Dou family. Although the Dou family is not a family like the Qinghe Cui family, it is also a well-known family.And Wei Ting's Wei family is not considered an aristocratic family, but Wei's father was also a senior official to the second rank in the Sui Dynasty.Liu Donglin is from the Liu family in Hedong, but because of conflicts with the family when he was young, he has been in exile. Although the Liu family is not a big family in the whole country, they are quite famous in the local area.Xue Tai is also from the Xue Clan of Hedong, and the Liu Clan is not only cooperating with each other, but also restraining each other. Xue Tai only recognized Liu Donglin's identity after he joined Li Xie.Zhou Wenbai came from the Yixing Zhou family in the south of the Yangtze River. It was a small family that was only famous locally, but it was inconspicuous in the world.Lu Xiuming came from the Lu family in Wujun, south of the Yangtze River, and it was also a small and well-known family in Wujun. After he joined Lixie, he and Zhou Wenbo recognized each other.

There is a lack of books now, and most of the books are still bamboo slips. After Lixie came, although the printing technique was improved, Li Yuan strictly controlled the publication of books. Before that, they were only circulated in the Jinyang area. After coming to Chang'an, Li Yuan became the king of Tang. , can be regarded as the actual power holder, and then gradually increased the circulation of books, aiming to use books to network talents from all over the world.

However, transportation is inconvenient these days, so the number of books in Chang'an and even under the control of the Tang army has increased, but it has not yet spread to the whole country.

Wei Ting and the others are doing many of Lixie's affairs now, and Lixie only gives the general outline, and Wei Ting and the others are even doing many times when dealing with the old ministers in the court. This matter originally made many old ministers feel uncomfortable, but With the contact with Wei Ting and the others, the old ministers found that these guys are not vegetarians, and they represent the meaning of leaving evil. Over time, Wei Ting, Jia Ting and the others have been tempered, and their abilities in all aspects have suddenly improved. The skyrocketed, and Li Xie's impression in the old minister's mind became unpredictable. After all, the subordinates are so powerful. As the boss, wouldn't he be even more powerful?

"Young Master, we discussed the imperial examination with His Majesty, and His Majesty did not object, but other ministers objected, and they all wanted to recommend talents they liked."

Jia Ting came from a poor family, and he admired the imperial examination system the most. Unfortunately, the previous dynasty that introduced the imperial examination system did not implement the imperial examination system, and was blocked by the aristocratic family. Students from poor families all over the world are struggling.

Ding Pu is naturally also an admirer of the imperial examination system, and after careful consideration, Xue Tai and Liu Donglin voted to implement the imperial examination system, that is, Wei Ting, Dou Mingzhi, and Dou Mingxuan have doubts because these three people came from prestigious families , the children of their two families will not lack the opportunity to become officials.

Although Xue Tai and the others come from a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, they can't speak and use their power in the center of the court. These official positions are all occupied by family members. It's just that the children of poor families are better.After the imperial examination system is implemented, it means that all scholars stand on the same judgment line. Even if it is not completely fair for the time being, one day, their children from poor families will be able to become high-ranking officials of the first and second ranks, and even worship the prime minister.

Li Xie nodded after hearing this: "It's okay, the system of selecting talents through the imperial examination is a long-term thing, and I will persuade my father to carry it out."

Li Yuan seeks stability and does not want to offend these aristocratic families for the time being, but when the Tang Dynasty takes over the world, he will start to consider the shackles of the aristocratic families on Datang, and the imperial examination system will definitely be implemented.

However, Li Xie planned to wait for him to have a title, and the imperial court would use the imperial examination to select talents without much fanfare. Then he would select talents by himself, and then recommend them to various positions. What would the old ministers do?