Li Qinghuan

Chapter 126

In the 11th year of Xuande, Zhaowu General He Li escorted the Xiliang nobles back to Beijing, and arrived in Yudu in early July.

According to the etiquette system of the Great Wei Dynasty, Song Duan could not come to pick him up in person, so he sent several ministers under his command and King Jing Song Kan to welcome He Li at the gate of Yudu City.

At noon, the figure of the army gradually appeared in everyone's sight. He Li rode in the front and walked slowly to the gate of the city, holding a cub in his arms.

The word "Yu Du" on the city wall seemed particularly glaring. He Li didn't dare to look at it after a few glances. When he left back then, he left in despair, and Ji Qing was the only one who came to see him off. It feels like a homecoming.

Walking in front of the city gate, He Li pulled the reins to stop, got off the horse, and helped the little boy who was still on the horse to sit still.

"You wait for me here for a while, obediently don't run around."

The little guy was a little scared seeing so many strangers in official robes, he held He Li's clothes for a while and refused to let go, He Li coaxed a few more words, and then he timidly let go of He Li.

He Li patted his head, first looked at Ji Qing who was standing on the far side, then turned around and walked in front of Song Kan, cupping his hands: "I have seen His Highness Prince Jing."

"You can just call me second brother." Song Kan stretched out his hand to support him, feeling rather distressed, "You have suffered a lot, Li."

He Li shook his head, smiled at him, exchanged a few pleasantries, turned around and walked in front of Zhao Fangren who came to greet him.Zhao Fangren is He Li's mentor, teaching him to read and write, and teaching him how to govern the country, but he was stubborn in the past, which hurt the old man's heart.

Feeling ashamed in his heart, he lifted his clothes and knelt down in front of Zhao Fangren: "Sir."

Zhao Fangren was nearly seventy years old, but his figure was not half hunched, and he was straight and upright. When he saw He Li kneel down for him, he was a little startled, and he immediately bent over and pulled He Li up.

"You bastard, you're finally sensible now."

He Li chuckled: "Mr. Lao is here today."

Zhao Fangren patted him on the shoulder, the more satisfied he looked: "No problem, let's go in first, the emperor is still waiting."

"Yes."

He Li responded, and said hello to the ministers who came to pick him up one by one, and finally walked in front of Ji Qing, pretending to say: "Master Ji, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Ji Qing chuckled: "General He, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhao Fangren knew the relationship between the two of them. Seeing the two children flirting here in broad daylight, he coughed lightly and said, "Okay, let's go."

"Yes." He Li nodded and returned to the horse.

Entering the city is Jianchang Avenue, walking along Jianchang Avenue all the way to the end is the Imperial Palace, Song Duan is waiting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and all civil and military officials are also standing in the hall.

It stands to reason that He Li should have paid homage to the Hall of Supreme Harmony as soon as he entered the palace. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden situation-the prisoners were not allowed to enter the palace without a summons, and they were taken to the Heavenly Prison. He Li cried miserably in front of the palace gate.

He Li was worried when he heard this, he couldn't bear to leave him here, but he couldn't take him to see the emperor, so he comforted him for a long time and finally calmed him down.

But He Li couldn't bear to send such a little guy to the sky prison, he didn't know how to deal with him, and fell into a dilemma for a while.

In the end, it was Ji Qing who made the decision to take the child away, so He Li felt relieved and followed the eunuch into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

He Li didn't wear armor, and was wearing a black narrow-sleeved Hu suit. His hair was tied up high and fixed with a silver crown. He looked neat and youthful, but his eyebrows and eyes were not as youthful and crazy, but a bit more after passing through the battlefield. Calm after tempering.

He Li walked to the center of the hall and knelt down on one knee: "Minister He Li, see Your Majesty."

The last time the two brothers met was five years ago, and after five years, the two hardly recognized each other.

Song Duan said in a daze, "Aiqing is flat."

He Li got up and stood motionless in the center of the hall. Between life and death, He Li went back and forth several times, and finally became a pillar who could stir up the stability of the Great Wei, but the arrogance and coquettishness that stood alone could be vaguely compared with that of that year. The little prince who is not afraid of the sky and the earth is somewhat overlapped.

Song Duan looked at the general standing like a green pine under the steps, and suddenly felt a great loss in his heart. He called out in a strange way: "A Li."

He Li was stunned for a moment, then knelt down again, lowered his head and suppressed the soreness in his eyes, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers."

Song Duan was completely stunned, silent for a long time, he nodded to himself: "Yes, there are differences between monarchs and ministers, Aiqing is right, let's be flat."

He Li closed his eyes and stood up again.

Song Duan laughed at himself, he knew that the frivolous and frivolous young man in fresh clothes and angry horse in Yudu City would never come back. I can't come back at all.

Song Duan: "Aiqing has made great contributions to opening up the territory of the Great Wei this time, what reward do you want?"

He Li thought about it carefully, and felt that there was nothing he wanted, so he considered for a moment and said: "I have nothing else to ask for, one is for the peace of the emperor of Wei, and the other is for peace in the world, and there will be no more wars."

Song Duan was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Okay!"

The two sentences made the Emperor of Wei, Longyan, very happy, so He Li got ten thousand hectares of fertile land, one thousand taels of gold, and a house, and the emperor himself inscribed a plaque on it.

He Li: "..." He really didn't want anything.

After awarding the meritorious officials in public, it was time for the reception banquet. Although He Li really didn't know what kind of food to eat at this time, he couldn't refute Song Duan's face, so he ate something anyway.Being held in the palace by Song Duan wasted most of the day, and he didn't leave the palace until evening.

After hesitating for a while, He Li went back to the house given by Song Duanxin first, and was not in a hurry to find Ji Qing.Ji Qing didn't know where he went, and he didn't look at anyone except when he came to pick him up, probably because he had something to do.

When he returned to the General's Mansion, the sky was already dark. He Li had been traveling for several months and was extremely tired. He had no time to enjoy the beauty of the mansion, but he still vaguely felt that the layout of the General's Mansion was very different from that of Ji's Mansion. It's similar, but it's not as big as Ji's Mansion. He Li was led all the way in by his servants, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt frightened. This is simply a shrunken Ji's Mansion.

Thinking about Song Duan's preparations, sooner or later this mansion will be his, and Ji Qing will arrange it.

Thinking of this, He Li felt joy in his heart, and his steps became much easier.

"General, this way please."

He Li sized this person up for a moment, then asked, "Are you from Heming?"

The man looked stiff and nodded.

"Then I'm relieved." He Li nodded to himself, and said, "By the way, do you know where he went?"

"I don't know, but the general can wait patiently for a while, the master said that he will come to you tonight."

He Li nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Since Ji Qing said he would come, he would definitely come, and when he came didn't seem so important.

He Li randomly picked a bedroom, ordered his servants to boil two buckets of hot water, and began to take a comfortable bath. The frontier is tough, and after five years in the northern border, his pampered young master has been honed into a I met a rough guy, but he was a bit squeamish in his bones, since he had this opportunity, he had to enjoy it.

He relaxed a little, leaned against the wall of the tub, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in the dense mist.

"A Li." Ji Qing called out, pushed the door open with one hand, and held the little boy of the King of Xiliang with the other.

He Li didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he woke up immediately when he heard Ji Qing's voice, leaned on the wall of the tub and poked his head out from behind the screen: "I'm here..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the little brat standing next to Ji Qing, and quickly hid behind the screen, but his voice couldn't hide his surprise: "Why is he here—"

"I saw that you liked this kid very much, so I asked His Majesty to take him back." Ji Qing said, covering the little guy's eyes with his hand, "You can't see this."

"He is the king of Xiliang, can he come back?"

Ji Qing chuckled: "Is he the king of Xiliang? I heard from the soldiers who came back that this is the illegitimate son of General He."

He Li felt a little guilty when he heard this, and cursed: "Which fool said that? I'm going to kill him right now!"

Ji Qing stopped teasing him when he heard the words, and said: "He is only the king of Xiliang in name, and Sang Dan is the most important person. In the end, the king of Xiliang is just a child, so he will naturally want to come back."

He Li hid behind the screen and pursed his lips secretly. Based on his understanding of Ji Qing, it was definitely not as easy as he said. Even if this little brat was just the king of Xiliang in name, Song Duan would never Let Ji Qing easily bring people back, I don't know what this fool Ji Qing agreed to that fox Song Duan again.

Ji Qing was slightly worried when he heard the silence behind the screen, and said softly, "A Li? Are you okay?"

He Li reached out and patted the surface of the water to make a noise, indicating that he was still alive: "I'm fine."

"It's fine, I'll take this little thing to rest first, don't soak it for too long."

"it is good."

He Li heard the sound of the door closing, got out of the water, changed into clean clothes and lay down on the bed.

After a while, Ji Qing pushed the door open again, and He Li raised his head and looked at him with a smile on his face.

"General He, nice to meet you." Ji Qing leaned against the door frame, looking at him with a half-smile.

He Li was stunned, jumped off the bed barefoot and rushed towards Ji Qing.

Ji Qing was afraid that he would fall, so he quickly reached out to catch him.

He Li gritted his teeth and said, "You really hold grudges."

Ji Qing weighed him up and said distressedly: "A Li, you've lost weight."

"Where is it?" He Li tilted his head, "Don't talk nonsense."

Ji Qing hugged him with one arm, pinched his waist with the other: "Isn't this skinny yet?"

He Li smiled, lowered his head and pecked at the corner of Ji Qing's lips: "You know, it's hard not to lose weight when I live in the open air and live in the open air."

Ji Qing raised his eyebrows, hugged him and walked towards the bed: "So?"

He Li pursed his lips: "So you should be gentle?"

Ji Qing gently put the man on the bed, gently untied He Li's belt, pretended to be wronged and said: "That's not okay, you and others have children outside, if I don't work harder, I will lose my status." Yet?"

He Li blushed, and explained in a low voice: "They were talking nonsense, I thought the child was really pitiful, so I took him with me."

Ji Qing put his hands on He Li's side, and his hair fell down on He Li, making his body and heart itchy.

"Then I don't care. Anyway, I brought you back. Your child is also my child. I don't mind, and I can raise it for you, but you have to give me one too."

He Li knew that he was making trouble for no reason, so he laughed and said, "How can I give birth to you?"

"It's okay if you can't give birth, we just do what we have to do." Ji Qing rolled his Adam's apple up and down, and raised his hand to wipe out the candle beside the bed.