Chapter 42: Li Wangchu Meeting (I)

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Daye, the wheel of history has entered a new year.

And this year may be a destined to be an extraordinary year. On the third day of the first lunar month, Du Fuwei defeated the Sui army and killed Chen Ling, the commander of the Sui army in Liyang, and called himself the general manager of the Jianghuai army, and his target was once again set in Danyang. Two years ago, Du Fuwei was defeated by Fang Xuanling in Danyang County, and almost wiped out the entire army. If Fu Gongyou had not arrived, he might have become a dry bone now. In the battle of Danyang County, he suffered losses of troops and generals. Not only did he not take down one city and one land in Danyang County, he was beaten by Fang Xuanling to run away, lost his city and land, and retreated to the East China Sea.

Two years later, Du Fuwei defeated the Sui army with great force and again came to Danyang County, vowing to seize Danyang and avenge his previous shame.

Fang Yanqian, the governor of Danyang County, Fang Xuanling, Danyang Tongguan, Danyang Sima, and Xie Yingdeng, the general of Yingyang Lang of Jingkou Prefecture, assembled 20,000 troops to confront Du Fuwei across the river. The war was about to break out, and even Yang Guang, who was drunk and dreaming in Jiangdu, became interested in this war.

I have to say that Yang Guang is a guy with a very romantic plot.

After learning that Du Fuwei called himself the General Manager of Jianghuai, Yang Guang immediately issued an edict to appoint Danyang County Magistrate Fang Yanqian as the ambassador of Jianghuai. He was in the third rank and was under the jurisdiction of the six counties and 57 counties in Jiangnan. Are you not the general manager of Jianghuai? Let’s look at my ambassador of Jianghuai to kill you!

Yang Guang even said to Empress Xiao in private: "I have a large and small house, but it's Jiangnan."

Yu Wenhe advised: "The military and political affairs of the Jianghuai River will all return to the Fang family, and there may be unexpected accidents."

That means: In such an important place in Danyang, the military and political power now belongs to the Fang family’s father and son, so I’m afraid it will make it bigger.

Yang Guang laughed and said: "How can Fang Yanqian be discredited by his name after he reserves his innocence?"

Thinking back to back then, Li Yanqing's lime song made Fang Yanqian enter Yang Guang's sight.

After years of investigation, he has a deep understanding of Fang Yanqian. Fang Yanqian cherishes his reputation. Since he cherishes his reputation, he will definitely not do such a traitor.

Speaking of which, Yang Guang's personality is indeed very strange.

If he really trusts someone, then trust will be unbearable. However, Fang Yanqian has a good endurance. After accepting the imperial edict, he immediately ordered the heroes and heroes of the six counties under his jurisdiction. Among them, the first responders were the Zhang family of Wu County. Zhang Zhongjian, the family leader, personally led 3,000 soldiers of the Zhang family to Danyang to meet with Fang Yanqian to resist Du Fuwei.

Jiangnan, in early spring of the New Year, showed a tense momentum...

Just as Fang Yanqian and Fang Xuanling and his son were preparing to fight Du Fuwei, Li Yanqing and Changsun Wuji came outside Luoyang City.

Time flies so fast, eight years of time flies.

The last time Yan Qing left Luoyang was to escort Changsun Wugui to Bashu to seek medical treatment.

Since then, he has not set foot in Luoyang for a second!

Eight years have passed, things have changed.

Yan Qing has grown up, but Luoyang City has become particularly strange.

The adopted grandfather Zheng Shi'an passed away... The Zheng family completely withdrew from Luoyang. The Changsun family of Tongtufang had already declined and no longer had the prosperity of the past, and their former friends went their separate ways. So much so that after Li Yanqing came to Luoyang, he felt a little bit of desolate when he was in Luoyang.

Fortunately, Huairenfang is still there.

The old fellow villagers from Tianjin Bridge still recognize Li Yanqing.

After Yan Qing and Changsun Wuji arrived in Luoyang, they moved into Huairen Fangxiong's house directly.

"Wuji, do you want to go back and have a look?"

Changsun Wuji hesitated for a moment and shook his head to refuse.

He knew where Yan Qing asked him to go back. But it was no longer his home! He once vowed that he would go back one day, but it was definitely not now. His home, now in Gong County, in Haoqiubao. The mansion in Tongtufang, has nothing to do with him now.

Changsun Wuji said: "Before I came, I contacted my friend who was studying in the school. He is now a student of the Imperial College Master Xu Wenyuan and Xu, who is a great scholar nowadays and has a reputation in the Shilin. I am going to talk about Lu Chu's tone through Mr. Xu. You'd better make some preparations. If Mr. Xu agrees to talk about Lu Chu's intentions in front of Lu Chu, he will probably meet you in advance."

After so many years of coming to this era, Li Yanqing has also understood the customs of this era.

Xu Wenyuan may be far less famous than Ouyang Xun, Kong Yingda and others in history. But in fact, this person is indeed a master of literary reputation in this era. His reputation is not inferior to Ouyang Xun at all, and he is even bigger than Ouyang Xun and is known as a contemporary master.

He has many disciples, but the most famous one is Li Mi!

After Li Mi rebelled, Xu Wenyuan was ashamed and resigned to the court. Yang Guang himself did not care and tried to keep him again and again. Unfortunately, Xu Wenyuan had decided and resigned resolutely. Yang Guang had no choice but to agree, but he still left him in Luoyang.

Compared with the Imperial College, the salary is not less than the wine.

But Xu Wenyuan was unwilling to use it, saying that he had not contributed little to the country, how could he receive his salary?

So, the salary was kept in a house, and he sold the word "六" for a living, and his wife sewed and repaired it for others, making some money for the family.

This has become a good story in Luoyang.

Although life was hard, Xu Wenyuan was still happy.

His former disciples, relatives and friends also knew his stubborn temperament, so they often invited him to drink. Xu Wenyuan also refused everyone, and he would get drunk every time. After getting drunk, he would scold Li Mi for being a son, and then burst into tears, saying that he was incompetent, and he had cultivated such a thief.

Li Yanqing also heard about Xu Wenyuan.

He didn't know if Xu Wenyuan was really like this or pretended to behave.

However, he knew that Xu Wenyuan and Lu Chu had a good relationship. As an auxiliary minister, Lu Chu was in charge of Luoyang government affairs and had nothing to do with Yan Qing. If Li Yanqing wanted to visit Lu Chu, he also needed some ways. There was no doubt that Xu Wenyuan was the bridge between the two.

This is also the reason why Li Yanqing brought Changsun Wuji with him.

After all, he had been away from Luoyang for too long and was not very familiar with Luoyang. Changsun Wuji has lived in that circle since he was a child, and relatively speaking, he is much more familiar than Li Yanqing.

Yan Qing nodded and agreed, and discussed with Changsun Wuji for a while, and went out each other.

He was going to the Guard Mansion to report his duties to Duan Da, the general of Zuo Xiaogu.

Duan Da is also the most powerful minister under the three auxiliary ministers of the Eastern Capital. He is the superior official of Li Yanqing. He was born in Guzang. His father Duan Yan was the governor of Shuozhou in the Northern Dynasty and Duke of Xiangyuan County. Duan Da inherited his title at the age of three.

Long before Emperor Wen of Sui usurped Zhou, Duan Da was a confidant of Emperor Wen of Sui.

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he was named General of Cheqi and Cavalry and made military achievements. Later, Yang Guang ascended the throne, and Duan Da was named General of the Left Guard because of his merits. During the conquest of Tuyuhun, he made another contribution and was named Grand Duan of Guanglu. During the great cause, Zhang Jin was strange, and Duan Da went to the conquest. In the early stage, Duan Da was defeated repeatedly and was jokingly called "Duan Lao" by the rebel army. However, it was Duan Lao who took advantage of the arrogance of the rebel army that suddenly launched a counterattack and defeated Zhang Jinzhi in one fell swoop.

This person is cautious by nature and can take action after getting better.

Although he often gives people a feeling of cowardice, he is actually a cruel and decisive person.

When Li Yanqing met Duan Da, Duan Da and Fan Zigai handed over.

It turned out that Fan Zigai was ordered to go to Hedong, and Duan Da would replace Fan Zigai as a stay in Luoyang, and assist Yang Tong with Lu Chu and Yuan Wen.

The news was too sudden, which caught Yan Qing off guard.

So he gave Duan Da a reward and said goodbye. Duan Da was not very enthusiastic, as if he was not very interested in Li Yanqing.

Fan Zigai is actually going to be transferred!

He supported himself as the position of Henan ambassador for arrest.

If Fan Zigai was transferred, wouldn’t that mean that no one of the three auxiliary ministers could support him?

After Li Yanqing left the Wei Mansion, he still felt a little dizzy.

If Fan Zigai left, even if he persuaded Lu Chu, it would probably not be of much use. After all, judging from Duan Da's attitude towards him, he might not support him. Whether Yang Qing is willing to come forward to talk about his own interests is still between the two. If Yuan Wen disagrees again, wouldn't he say that his hopes are slim?

This relationship is really too complicated!

Li Yanqing began to feel a headache and was about to go home to meet Changsun Wuji to discuss the matter well.

When he arrived at Tongyuan City, a military academy suddenly appeared in front of Yan Qing and blocked his way.

"But Li Langjun?"

"Ah, that's exactly."

Yan Qing looked at the other party and was wearing military uniform, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Now in Luoyang City, it seems that he no longer knows anyone except Pei Renji and his son.

The retainers of the Pei family have their own unique logos and can be recognized at a glance. As for the military academy, Qing is very ordinary in dress and is not the family style of the ancestors.

The military academy bowed and said, "My husband asked Mr. Li to take a walk."

"Who is your husband?"

"Langjun Li went over to see him, so he naturally understood."

Yan Qing was not afraid, someone would harm him in this Luoyang city.

After all, as a dignified general of the Black Stone Mansion, he is also a fifth-rank military post.

If you want to make things difficult for him, the impact will be too great. Although Yang Guang is not in Luoyang, he is still at the foot of the emperor. Who dares to act rashly?

So Li Yanqing thought for a while and nodded, "Please lead the way."

Liang Laoshi led more than a dozen Qilin Guards, thirty steps behind. Li Yanqing and the military academy were in front. After walking out of Tongyuan City, they walked along the Luopu River embankment for a while. In a short while, they arrived next to a small bridge. There were dozens of military academys standing at the bridge; and under the bridge, there was a small boat moored.

"Langjun Li, please board the ship. My husband is on the ship."

It seems that the other party has no shyness, otherwise there would be no need to set up such a large formation.

Dozens of military academies guarding the bridgehead, how obvious the target is? Even if you want to hide it, it is unlikely. The more you do, the more curious Li Yanqing is. He really couldn't think of who the person on the boat was? Pei Renji? It seems that he doesn't need to do this.

Thinking of this, Yan Qing got off the horse and threw the reins to Liang Laoshi, and asked him to take the people to wait at the bridge.

He boarded the boat, but saw that the boatman at the stern was also a military academy. He noticed Yan Qing's gaze, and the military academy nodded at him and smiled slightly.

Li Yanqing also smiled, stepped forward, and lifted the curtain.

"General Fan!"

The furnishings in the cabin are very simple.

A rough mat and a food table with wine and food on it.

The bulkhead is covered with silk cloth, which is used as embellishment. Two small windows and the curtains flutter in the wind, revealing a simple and elegant atmosphere.

Fan Zigai was sitting next to the table, twisting a green plum and throwing it into the wine pot. Under the pot, there was a small stove, and the fire was blazing and the wine was filled with fragrance.
To be continued...