The Legend of Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty: Wanxuan colleagues

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling successfully escaped from Li Mi's hands, and by the way, Li Mi recognized them as godsons. Li Xiuning also took this opportunity to have a sympathetic conversation with Li Mi, which won him a lot of goodwill.

Hou Xibai kept his word, and when the three-day period came, he returned the formula of longevity to Ssangyong.

After a series of events, Li Xiuning, Kou Zhong and others embarked on the journey back to Taiyuan again.

After several days of galloping and traveling, the four of them finally rushed back to Taiyuan.

At the gate of the city, Li Shimin frowned tightly, led his men, and waited quietly, until he saw someone coming from a distance, Li Shimin's brows gradually relaxed.

When the four of Li Xiuning got off their horses, Li Shimin greeted them happily, "You are finally back!"

"Second brother!"

"Brother Shimin"

"Brother Shimin!"

Li Xiuning's tone was joyful, but Song Yuzhi's voice sounded a little sullen. Li Shimin heard something was wrong, so he couldn't help but glance at Song Yuzhi.

To her, what's the matter?Seeing why he looked so angry, Li Shimin looked at Song Yuzhi and became secretly worried.

Chai Shao, who was following Li Shimin, hurried forward a few steps, walked up to Li Xiuning, and said softly and caringly

"Xiu Ning, you must be very tired after riding a horse for so many days, let me throw a banquet for you to clean up the dust."

"Heh~" Li Xiuning listened, and couldn't refuse, so she just smiled slightly.

"So Mr. Chai, you are here too, why didn't you notice it just now?" Kou Zhong put his hands on his hips, pretending to think.

"Oh~ it must be because there is a big man like Brother Shimin, so I didn't notice some insignificant people." Kou Zhong pretended to suddenly realize.

Chai Shao didn't pay attention to Kou Zhong, but continued to ask Li Xiuning, "Xiu Ning, take a look at what you want to eat the most right now, I'll get someone to arrange it for you."

"Master Chai, you underestimate us, Xiuning, aren't you?" Li Xiuning was about to reply, but was interrupted by Kou Zhong.

"What do you mean?" Chai Shao looked at Kou Zhong a little angrily, talking to Xiu Ning himself, it's none of his business.

"It's nothing interesting, it's just Mr. Chai, what is it for us martial arts practitioners to ride a horse for a few days, oops, I almost forgot, Mr. Chai, your martial arts are too bad, you don't understand the truth" Kou Zhong sneered at Chai Shao.

"I don't think you will be much better, isn't it because of the longevity formula? People have power and power, so they can't compare to you." Song Yuzhi replied unhappily after listening to Kou Zhong's words.

"Hey, Chai Shao also had good intentions. Let's go to the city and talk about it. Maybe you want to be the gatekeeper here?" Li Shimin saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he hurriedly said to everyone to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Okay, listen to Brother Shimin"

So under the leadership of Li Shimin, Li Xiuning and Kou Zhong entered the city together.

Kou Zhong originally wanted to show off in front of Li Yuan. After all, he wanted to marry his daughter. Many people said that they quickly screened everyone away, leaving only Li Shimin and Li Xiuning.

"Since the Battle of Baishuihe, we had a falling out with Yu Wenhuaji, so he took the opportunity to ask the emperor to read a copy of us. In order to prevent my Li family from expanding its power, the emperor deliberately asked us to pay heavy taxes in Taiyuan. forced to cut back”

Li Shimin analyzed word by word.

"Shimin once sent people to check the situation in the barracks. Since the barracks were deducted from food and salaries, our generals had no choice but to deduct food and salaries from the soldiers under him. That's why deserters were caused."

Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's words, pondered for a while, and said, "In order to prevent deserters, the only way to deal with it is by military law."

"Father, you must not do this." Hearing Li Yuan's decision, Li Xiuning hurriedly stopped her.

"Soldiers go through life and death, in addition to being loyal to the Li family, they are nothing more than to support their families. Now they are owed military pay, and it is natural for deserters to appear."

"Father, what Xiuning said is right," Li Shimin on the side also hurriedly chimed in.

"To stabilize the morale of the army, it is only suitable to appease, not to press down. Soldiers have already suffered from the reduction of military pay. If they are punished by military law again, they will be separated. Now only Huairou can appease the morale of the army."

"How to be gentle?" Li Yuan asked.

"The reason why the soldiers fled was because their generals withheld their military pay, but these generals continued to enjoy high-ranking salaries, which caused dissatisfaction. We have to complain to all the generals so that they can cut their military salaries together and tide over the difficulties together," Li Shimin suggested. .

"Okay, Shimin, you call all the generals, and everyone has a long-term plan."

Li Yuan compromised.

"Yes, Dad"

After the three of them finished their discussion and left the room, Chai Shao, who was eavesdropping, came out quietly.

"It turns out that Xiuning is trapped by money, I must find a way to help her," Chai Shao muttered to himself as he watched Li Xiuning leave.

Thinking of this, Chai Shao decided to do something. As soon as he turned around, he was startled by Song Yuzhi who was staring at him from behind.

"Huh~" Chai Shao let out a long breath, and then continued, "It's broad daylight, you want to scare people to death."

"Don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Whoever told you to eavesdrop on someone's corner, don't scare you." Song Yuzhi put his arms around his chest and said coldly.

"How can I have it?" Kou Zhong retorted.

"I still don't admit it, I've been staring at you from a long distance, and you can do such a vile thing, it's a disgrace."

"Okay, that's right, yes, I eavesdropped, but I did this in the hope that I could share Xiuning's troubles."

"Brother Shimin is so smart, they will definitely figure out a way, you don't need to worry about it"

"Xiu Ning and Brother Shi Min want to appease the soldiers with gentle methods, but this is not a long-term solution. The only solution for now is to supplement the soldiers' salaries and at the same time afford the heavy taxes."

"Well, military pay?" Song Yuzhi murmured listening to Chai Shao's words.

"What are you two talking about? Are you having such a good chat?" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling saw Chai Shao and Song Yuzhi from a distance, so they walked over and asked.

"It's not about deserters, but what does it matter to you?" Song Yuzhi said annoyed.

"If you want me to say it is to kill a hundred, catch a few, tie them up and show them to the public, and see if the others dare to run away," Kou Zhong said confidently.

"Well, this is also a good way, but it's useless to just talk about it." Chai Shao nodded and agreed.

"You underestimate me! I'll catch a few and show you right away." Kou Zhong stared at Chai Shao and said aggressively.

"Don't do bad things, besides, why do you arrest people?" Song Yuzhi was shocked.

"Why, just because Xiuning accepted my confession," Kou Zhong said to the two flauntingly.

"What! Say it again?" Song Yuzhi said in shock.

"Say it again, say it a hundred times, Xiuning accepted my confession, how can I ignore Xiuning's matter?" Kou Zhong continued to show off.

"Impossible, when did it happen?" Song Yuzhi still didn't believe it.

"No, it was the last time I was fishing. If you don't believe me, I can't help it."

"Since that's the case, then don't just talk and don't do it, otherwise why are you worthy of Xiuning?" Although Chai Shao is also full of disbelief, if he can make Kou Zhong do bad things, he won't believe it, and Xiuning will continue Appreciate Kou Zhong.

"Okay, you wait, I'll let you see, let's go, Master Ling, help catch people" Kou Zhong said to Xu Ziling.

"Ah~ Young Master Zhong, I think we should ask Brother Shimin and Miss Xiuning first." Xu Ziling hesitated and suggested to Kou Zhong.

"Don't ask, it's not convenient for them to come forward, let's get this done"

Kou Zhong directly rejected Xu Ziling's suggestion.

"Kou Zhong, I advise you, don't mess around, Sister Xiuning has her own plan," Song Yuzhi came back to stop Kou Zhong and said.

"Even you underestimate me, so I have to let you guys take a look, Young Master Ling, let's go"

"Hey~"

After Kou Zhong finished speaking, he took Xu Ziling's wrist and left angrily.

Looking at the backs of the two, Chai Shao gradually revealed a smile.

"Chai Shao, you..." Song Yuzhi looked at Chai Shao, but he didn't want to say anything that he wanted to scold him.

"You can take care of yourself." After Song Yuzhi finished speaking, he sighed, turned around and left, looking a little bit out of his wits.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were able to catch the deserters smoothly, but in the end they were all destroyed by Hong Fu and his party, so that everyone escaped.

"Hongfu, let me go, we are here for Xiuning's benefit, why are you arresting us?" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were bound by Hongfu and walked towards the Li family courtyard.

Hong Fu didn't reply, but just walked slowly in front of her.

"Everyone ran away, let's see how you deal with business later, tell me, let me catch them back to show the public, they won't dare to run away, what's wrong with that?" Seeing that Hongfu didn't respond, Kou Zhong continued.

"Shut up, don't you know what's wrong with you?" Li Xiuning saw that Hong Fu had returned, so she walked out, just in time to hear Kou Zhong's words, and couldn't help but angrily said.

"Xiu Ning, what do you mean? Let's help you catch deserters and come back. What's wrong?"

Kou Zhong defended in a moment of frustration.

"You guys are doing bad things with good intentions. If Yuzhi hadn't told Hong Fu, you would have ruined the second brother's big business." Li Xiuning glanced at Kou Zhong and continued.

"If you don't understand the rules, you shouldn't make your own decisions. Moreover, managing the army is different from walking in the rivers and lakes, and you can't act arbitrarily."

"What do you mean, didn't the Li family always claim to have strict military discipline? There's nothing wrong with catching deserters," Kou Zhong retorted.

"Yes, that's right in principle, but you have to understand their reasons before you do anything. This is a political skill, do you understand?"

"Military law is dead, and the spirit of the army is the most important thing. If the spirit of the army is not satisfied, the army will never win a battle. This is marching. It's really useless for my second brother and I to praise you for your courage and strategy in front of dad," Li Xiuning said angrily.

"Why are you so angry?" Kou Zhong said aggrievedly.

"Young Master Zhong, Miss Xiuning punished us for the sake of the overall situation, this time we were really wrong," Xu Ziling analyzed to Kou Zhong.

"Forget it, if you feel wronged by staying here, you can go." After Li Xiuning finished speaking, she left without looking back.

"Xiu Ning! Xiu Ning..."

Behind him, Kou Zhong kept calling Li Xiuning's name.

Li Xiuning walked around a corner and ran into Song Yuzhi who was leaning against a corner, his head bowed in thought.

"Yuzhi!" Li Xiuning called out.

"How is it? Is everything settled?" Song Yuzhi looked up at Li Xiuning and asked.

"Well, thanks to you this time." Li Xiuning nodded and thanked.

"It's fine, then I'll go first and rest early." Song Yuzhi turned around and was about to leave after speaking.

"Yuzhi!"

"..." Song Yuzhi stopped in his tracks, turned his back to Li Xiuning, speechless.

Li Xiuning looked at Song Yuzhi and didn't know what to say, but she didn't want Song Yuzhi to leave, so she called out casually.

Feeling the inexplicable quiet atmosphere, Song Yuzhi sighed and said, "It's getting late, you're tired from the long journey these days, go to rest early."

After speaking, Song Yuzhi left quickly.

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