Chapter 561 Who listens to the string?

More than a month later, the wedding of Qin Mubai and Ashina Xuelian was held as scheduled.

Although the Ashina people, as old nobles on the grassland, have declined for a while, they are still very influential among the tribes of the grassland. Coupled with Qin Mubai's current reputation and Li Xi's appeal, the chiefs and leaders of all the tribes on the grassland were present to celebrate in person. Even Hu Lu, who lived at the foot of the Jinshan Mountain, far away from 800 deserts, didn't know how they got the news. Their great leader Hu Luwu invited several leaders of the nearby tribes and came in person thousands of miles away. Congratulations.

Since the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, such a grand event has not been held on the grassland for many years, and the leaders of all the grassland tribes can be gathered together. Li Xun, as the host of the wedding, was not busy, because the big leader of the Hui Department helped Zhang Luo with everything.

During the wedding, Qin Mubai and Li Xun noticed a detail: although these big leaders came for Qin Mubai's wedding, after they came, in addition to congratulating Qin Mubai, what every great leader must do is to visit Tu Midu!

"It seems that after Xue Yantuo was destroyed and Yi Nan died, Hui Fu is about to replace the former Xue Yantuo as the most powerful tribe on the grassland, and Tu Midu is about to become the uncrowned sweat in the eyes of the people of the grassland people." Li Xun's eyes have always been sharp. He said to Qin Mubai, "Mubai, what do you think?"

"It's true that the ambition is not small." Qin Mubai said, "In the early years, when Xue Rengui broke through the siege and came to the Huifu Department, he defeated the invading Yinan with the help of Xue Rengui's power. From then on, he began to make a calculation in his heart, hoping to use the power of my Tang Dynasty to complete his dream of dominating the grassland. Therefore, he borrowed soldiers and married a daughter, and tried his best to get me and Xue Rengui together.

"I can also see that the Tu Midu is a deep old spicy city. Once the Tang Dynasty's control over the grassland is weakened, he will expand the strength of the headquarters and want to unify the grassland and become the second Yinan, or even the second Jieli Khan." Li Xun sneered and said, "But it's a pity that he regained his capital for foreign aid earlier, but now he has resigned!"

"This is called, if you lose your wife, you will lose your army." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I had already expected that he would be very ambitious, so I didn't return any of the 40,000 iron horses he lent me, and all of them were swallowed alive and collected into the Kansai Army. Now, although I am married to Xuelian, I have resigned and left the court. I am not in his position. He is alone and wants to make some big noise on the grassland, which is unlikely in a short period of time. However, after returning to the dynasty, Uncle Shi still wants to remind His Majesty to be wary of his ambition and expanding strength. Otherwise, this northern grassland will be the same as before. Not long after the profit has been calmed down, there will be a rebellion of Yi men. In fact, if you want to completely solve the problem of the future problems of the grassland, you can take advantage of the time when the war is over and the pattern is not determined, take advantage of the policy of "break and stand up later", follow the method of the Western Regions, appoint state officials and county magistrates in the grassland, and station the government. Such restrictions on checks and balances of all parties can greatly weaken the authority of tribal leaders and their own influence. And you can capture the thief and the king, and get the vomiting to Chang'an. In that way, it can prevent the grassland from being chaotic again to the greatest extent.

"Mu Bai, you'd better go back to the court!" After hearing this, Li Xun said, "I think if you preside over the military affairs of the Tang Dynasty, you will be better than anyone else!"

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Uncle Shi, you praise me too much. With you, why do you need your little nephew to play with an axe and draw snakes to add feet? I made a fool of myself just now. Let's not mention it!"

Li Xun shook his head helplessly and said with a smile, "Well, on your happy day, let's not mention these military affairs - Mu Bai, you are better than your father!"

"What do you say?" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Although your father was also a handsome and heroic man in those years, and his chivalrous martial arts was famous all over the world, he had never been as popular with women as you." Li Xun also smiled and said, "Look at you, the great beauty from all over the world has been searched by you. Counting the women around you, none of them is charming. If an ordinary man can meet the favor of any of them, he will have no regrets in his life. But you are good, just like collecting treasures and pulling the car home! - Look at your mother, she's going to be happy!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said, "Uncle, you may not know that commanding troops to fight and govern as officials are actually my sideline. My real main business is - talking about love, looking for flowers and asking willows. Men, who doesn't like wine and money? I've always had no ambition, so this is the best.

Li Wei was angry and funny, "Your father knows that if he hears your words, he must get up and slap you a few times!"

Qin Mubai sighed gently, smiled and whispered, "If my father is still alive, I would rather be slapped by him."

Li Wei patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder, "Shubao has a spirit in heaven, and he will be proud of you!"

Because there are too many guests, the wedding will be held for seven days. On the fifth day, the Tang court sent messengers.

The messenger came with the imperial edict and called Li Xun back to the court!

In addition, Chu Suiliang went to Lanzhou to find Qin Mubai and quickly returned to Beijing to report the news, so the court knew that Qin Mubai was about to marry Xuelian on the grassland. Therefore, the messenger also brought a congratulatory gift from the court.

The congratulatory gift is not gold, silver and jewelry, but a plaque with Li Shimin's unique flying white calligraphy on it, with eight big words - "bead curtain wall, a hundred years of kindness".

Qin Mubai thought to himself, "Since the emperor knows that I am here, he has not mentioned the matter of calling me back to marry Shuanger. It seems that he also knows that I have made up my mind and will not come to force people again. In addition, even I can see the overall situation of the court at this moment. How can he not see through it? The reason why he also sent someone to invite me back to the court is that this kind of superficial effort must be done, otherwise outsiders will say that he is jealous of being a virtuous person without meritorious officials. But when I go back at this time, it is actually a pros and cons. How could he not know? Therefore, he should not come to force me again.

"I have fought with him, and I have also joined hands in the same boat, but the world is impermanent... I'm afraid it's the best ending to maintain the current situation!"

However, the messenger also brought a wedding gift sealed by Li Ke, which can be said to be ingenious. It is also neither gold, silver nor jewelry, but a chessboard, a set of gold tea sets, and a small cloth bag.

Qin Mubai can't help but remember that Li Ke once said that only when he plays chess with Qin Mubai will Li Ke feel that this chess game is interesting. In Li Ke's opinion, playing chess is like drinking, and drinking is less than a thousand cups of a confidant. Now that the confidant has gone, there is no one to play this chess - so Li Ke gave the chessboard to Qin Mubai.

And Qin Mubai is very familiar with that set of gold tea set. Li Ke likes to drink tea and is addicted to it. No matter where you go, take this set of tea set. If he has half free time, he will also cook a pot of good tea to enjoy. This tea set is the favorite thing that has always been with him.

As for the small cloth bag, Qin Mubai opened it and saw that it was a traditional Chinese medicine - Angelica!

"I still haven't died. You want me to go back!" Qin Mubai took the Angelica and was secretly funny.

The messenger took the opportunity to say to Qin Mubai, "Your Highness, if you have something to say to the subordinates, please tell the young commander of Qin!" However... it's a curse, so the subordinate must first ask the young commander to forgive him!"

"Why did he scold me?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

The messenger's face twitched a few times, which seemed to be extremely embarrassed. He had the courage to come to Qin Mubai's ear and whispered, "Your Highness scolded - Qin Mubai, you are hungry ghosts and beasts, even the little widowed king of Zhaowu State did not let go, and it made people have a big belly! - When the child is born, remember to announce the good news, please I went to have a wedding wine. Otherwise, I won't let you go!"

"Cough! ..." Qin Mubai coughed dryly and couldn't help laughing, "Please reply to the king of Wu, just say... Samo Jian is more than 10,000 miles away from Chang'an. If he dares to come, I will dare to invite him! If he really wants to drink this wedding wine, he can start now!"

The messenger couldn't help laughing twice and said, "Shao Shuai Qin, you can see that His Royal Highness the King of Wu is really reluctant to give up your confidant. He said that even if you want to resign and retire, you can stay in Chang'an, so that he will meet you sooner or later.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "If His Royal Highness Wu really regards me as a confidant and friend, why should we meet every day? There is a confidant in the sea, and the world is like a neighbor!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Wu also said that for so many years, you have been like his eyes, ears and feet. If you are away from you, you will feel like you are blind and deaf, and everything feels difficult." The messenger said, "He said that without Qin Mubai, there would be no Li Ke today. As long as you are willing to go back to Chang'an, His Royal Highness Wu will not force you to do anything, but sincerely hope to have a confidant by your side. Your Highness said... You are the only real friend in his life!"

Qin Mubai shook his head gently with a smile on his face and said helplessly, "Let's talk about it later!"

The messenger suddenly looked happy, "This sentence can be forwarded to His Royal Highness the King of Wu?"

Qin Mubai pondered for a moment and said, "Then you can take another sentence by the way!" I once said this sentence to my sister, and now I give it to His Royal Highness the King of Wu - some people, it's better to miss each other than to meet each other; some feelings, it's better to forget each other than to help each other.

The messenger was stunned, "This..."

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Just tell him the truth."

"Okay..."

"How's Princess Gaoyang?" Qin Mubai asked.

The messenger quickly replied, "The subordinate is trying to tell young marshal Qin that two or three months ago, the princess had left Chang'an and went to Lanzhou to find the young marshal. It is said that Her Royal Highness went straight to the Yumen Gate without seeing the young commander in Lanzhou, as if she had gone to the Western Regions!"

Qin Mubai nodded and thought that it seemed that the emperor was still reasonable. He did not embarrass Gao Yang, but let her come back to reunite with me. It can be seen that he and Li Ke did not want to do anything, but kept the final fantasy, hoping that I could return to the court as an official one day.

Unconsciously, Qin Mubai thought of Yin Defei. After Qin Mubai came to the Tang Dynasty, the woman who stunned him the most and made him feel heartache the most.

He wanted to inquire about her, but it was not easy to ask directly, so he asked in a roundabout way, "I heard that the emperor's dragon body is not safe. Is it better now?"

"God bless you, most of the emperor's illness has been cured." The messenger bowed to the south and said, "Your Majesty can go back to the Jinluan Hall to preside over the court meeting. However, when the subordinate left Chang'an, His Majesty went back to the harem to recover from illness, and ordered the eldest grandson Xianggong, Fang Xianggong and others to assist His Royal Highness the King of Wu to supervise the governance of the country. This imperial edict for the British return was issued by His Royal Highness the King of Wu!"

"Wu Wang supervised the country?" Qin Mubai was a little surprised.

"Yes!" The messenger answered a sentence and began to describe the current situation in the hall in a long way, but it was not to mention Yin Defei.

Qin Mubai didn't know how to ask again. After thinking about it, he interrupted him and said directly, "Princess Gaoyang left Chang'an, leaving her mother and concubine alone in the deep palace. Since then, no one has taken care of her... Speaking of which, it's all my fault, which separated their mother and daughter."

The messenger was stunned - I was talking about it vigorously. Why did I suddenly mention Yin Defei?

So he said, "This... the subordinates don't know about the harem."

Qin Mubai only nodded. It's hard to say more. He said to himself: After coming to the Tang Dynasty, I have three bosom friend. One is a demon, but she has already disappeared; the other is my old enemy, the Chalqin Mausoleum, but he took poison and died in front of me; the remaining Yinde concubine, in this life, I'm afraid there will be no more day...

"Oh--" Qin Mubai couldn't help sighing.

"Young commander... Why are you sighing?" The messenger said puzzledly.

Qin Mubai shook his head with a wry smile on his face. He turned around and walked away and stopped talking to the messenger. In my heart, I can't help but think about it--

"I want to pay Yaoqin what's on my mind

Less bosom friend...

Who listens to the string?