A large team came outside Dingxiang City. The leader was Xu Jingzong, the old subordinate of Li Xiu. At this time, Li Xiu also received the news to come out of the city. When he saw him, Xu Jingzong immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face and reported: "Report to the prince consort, you have asked the minister to deliver all the wood and other materials prepared by the minister. In addition, there are also a group of experienced craftsmen. Please check the prince consort!"

"It's done well. After entering the city later, someone will naturally arrange for these supplies and craftsmen to receive them!" Li Xiu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this. In order to deal with the snow disaster, he came up with a solution, so he transported some supplies and craftsmen from the rear to prepare to make some things.

"Mr. Prince Concubine, the envoy sent by Chang'an to reward the three armies has also arrived in Shuozhou two days ago. Today, I will come with my subordinates. Do you want to meet me?" At this time, Xu Jingzong asked for instructions again, and he also glanced at a carriage in the team behind him.

"Oh? Who is the envoy sent from Chang'an this time?" Li Xiu was not surprised when he heard this. In fact, before Qin Qiong defeated Jie Li in Hunhe, Li Shimin sent envoys to work hard. Of course, these envoys had another task, that is, to observe the movements of the army, especially the generals. If they found that there were signs of rebellion, they would report to Chang'an immediately. This was also a means for the emperor to supervise the army.

"It's the Duke of Ju, Tang Jian!" Xu Jingzong also showed an envious expression on his face when he said this. Speaking of Tang Jian, he was a legendary figure in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Jian's father was a good friend of Li Yuan, and he himself was Li Shimin's friend. He had always encouraged Li Shimin to rebel. It was precisely because of this that after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Tang Jian was immediately granted the title of Duke. In comparison, Xu Jingzong seemed too pitiful.

"It's the Tang Jian who is lucky and loyal, and has always been unemployed in his career!" Li Xiu couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he heard the name of Tang Jian. "Benefits and loyalty" and "not doing the job" are not the labels Li Xiu put on Tang Jian. In fact, this is the unanimous evaluation of Tang Jian by everyone in the Tang Dynasty.

In the later Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cheng Yaojin claimed to be the best general, and he relied on good luck to escape danger many times. Of course, this is a novel and cannot be believed. However, in real history, there is indeed a person with great fortune and great destiny. This person is Tang Jian. When Liu Wuzhou rebelled, he defeated the Tang army commander Li Xiaoji and captured him alive as a prisoner. It happened that Tang Jian was also a prisoner in the army as an envoy. In the end, Li Xiaoji was killed by Liu Wuzhou, and he was not even found. However, Tang Jian escaped and was promoted to an official position.

It is said that the reason why Tang Jian was able to save his life was that he relied on his fair share of words to convince Liu Wuzhou. Not only did he not kill him, but he also wanted to surrender him. When Tang Jian happened to learn that Dugu Huaien, the Minister of Works of the Tang Dynasty, rebelled, so he secretly sent someone to inform Li Yuan and made the first great contribution. Later, Liu Wuzhou fled to the Turks, and Tang Jian sealed up the supplies left by Liu Wuzhou, waiting for Li Shimin to investigate. This second great contribution, so in the end, he was not only innocent, but also named Duke of the county. Later, when Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was also named Duke of the State.

It is also worth mentioning that Tang Jian has never liked to handle official duties, which is very similar to Li Xiu. However, Li Xiu likes to teach children at home or go fishing to spend time, but Tang Jian likes to drink and have fun, and he gets drunk every day, which delays a lot of official duties. Li Shimin also has no choice but to give him a free job, and sometimes he also serves as an envoy. For example, he once went on a mission to the Turks in the first year of Zhenguan and told Li Shimin that in the Turks situation, the Tang Dynasty will surely destroy the Turks in the future. From this we can see that although Tang Jian is a little unemployed, his vision is extremely accurate.

"What the prince-consort said is that the noble name of Duke Ju is well known in the Tang Dynasty, but it is really envious to be as easy as him to reach the high position of Duke like him!" When Xu Jingzong said the last time, he looked at the carriage in the team again, and saw that the carriage was decorated with luxuriously, and the horses pulling the carriage in front were also extraordinary, which was in sharp contrast with the carriages that were pulling goods around. Of course, it was so luxurious like Tang Jian in the army, which was indeed very rare.

"Hey, why didn't Duke Ju come down yet? Isn't this too rude?" Just then, Xu Jingzong suddenly frowned and said again. After all, Li Xiu had personally come to the city gate to greet him. Tang Jian should get off the carriage in person, but there was no movement in the carriage, which seemed very rude.

"It's okay, Duke Ju is older than me, so I should go to see him!" Li Xiu said indifferently at this time. After saying that, he came to Tang Jian's carriage and shouted loudly, "Let Li Xiu pay homage to Duke Ju!"

"Dong~" Just as Li Xiu finished speaking, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from the carriage, as if someone had hit the carriage with something. Then a messy sound came from inside. I don't know what Tang Jian was doing inside?

When he heard the movement in the carriage, not only did Li Xiu show a puzzled expression, but even the followers brought by Tang Jian looked at each other one by one. Just as everyone was puzzled, they suddenly saw that the door of the carriage was pushed open suddenly, and a staggering figure rushed out, but he couldn't hold on in the carriage, but he fell from it.

Seeing this, everyone, including Li Xiu, exclaimed. Fortunately, Tang Jian's entourage reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to hug the person who fell. At this time, Li Xiu saw the person's appearance clearly. He saw that the other party was about 40 or 50 years old, more than seven feet long, with a clear appearance, with three long whiskers under his jaw, looking very elegant, but in addition, the person's face was flushed, with a drunken eyes, and was covered in alcohol. I don't know how much wine he ate in the carriage.

"Huh? Just now... Why did I hear someone say the name of Li Xiu? Where is Duke Yan? I'm going to Tang Jian, for a long time... I've heard of Daming for a long time!" Tang Jian stood up barely with his guard's shoulders in one hand, then stared at the drunken eyes and looked around, as if he wanted to find Li Xiu from the crowd, but he had never met Li Xiu before, and he was confused, and he didn't see Li Xiu standing in front of him for a while.

Seeing Tang Jian getting drunk like this, Li Xiu felt amused and laughed. He used to only hear that Tang Jian was not doing his job properly and liked to drink, but he didn't expect that he would drink like this on the way here. Fortunately, his relationship with Li Shimin was unusual, otherwise if it were another person, he would have been removed from his post and investigated.
Chapter completed!