Yang Xuan came out of Gao Qiao, and his back and forehead were still sweating. He stood in the air and blew for a while. After the sweat subsided, his abnormal attitude of Xu Mi's anger first and then cleared a moment ago.

For many years, Xu's family has been fighting secretly with Gao and Lu family for the benefit of the family.

Although the Xu family gained the benefits of relatives from the outside, it was unlikely to defeat the Gao family in terms of prestige and family strength. However, because of their strength, they were even more competitive in terms of recruitment and appointment of their children and students or the actual acquisition of local interests.

This time, facing the military pressure from Northern Xia, Xu Mi not only agreed to General Gao Qiao leading the military, but also expressed his opinion in the court that the people of the Xu family's military residence could be ordered by Gao Qiao.

After all, no matter how long Xu Mi is keen on the benefits of the portal, he will not be so stupid that he will not take the national destiny seriously. He has also gained the reputation of taking the overall situation into consideration.

But in addition to this reason, Xu Mi's motivation, if you continue to study it, it will not stop there.

Others may not know it, but Yang Xuan knows it very well.

During the period when the war clouds were shrouded in the war, Gao Yun and others had already gone to Jiangbei to prepare for war. In the country of Dayu, the government and the country were still pessimistic.

In the past twenty years, Beixia successively annexed various large and small Hu regimes established by the Rouran, the Xiongnu, the Xianbei people and others, and unified the Central Plains.

In this battle, whether in terms of population or military strength, the difference between the north and the south is too great. Therefore, even though Gao Qiao had argued in the court many times, he believed that Beixia seemed powerful, but in fact there was no internal force. If Dayu worked together and fought with him to the death, it would be not without the possibility of winning, which was inspiring to inspire people. However, from the temple to the ordinary people, no one would have much hope that Dayu could win this battle.

Xu Mi was no exception. When he sent troops, he secretly retained his strength in the Jingxiang area where he had been operating for many years on the grounds of strengthening upstream defense.

According to Xu Mi's plan, the Gao family led the war. The Gao family was the first to suffer the defeat. The Xu family not only did not have to be criticized, but also borrowed this reserved territory. Taking advantage of the setback of Gao, it was very likely to take the opportunity to replace him.

Yang Xuan was aware of Xu Mi's deployment at that time, and knew that he did not cooperate as he had promised to Gao Qiao before. He was still a little dissatisfied because he was worried that the war would be unfavorable.

But as a general of the Xu family's military commander, he could only obey orders.

What Xu Mi didn't expect was that Dayu not only won this war, but also won so quickly and beautifully.

The reputation of the Gao family became more and more brilliant because of this battle, making the Xu family even more powerless.

It’s fine for the Gao family. Even the Lu family, which was originally evenly matched with the Xu family before the war, was left behind because of their outstanding children and their marriage with the Gao family.

Not to mention, if the two families were closely linked together, the last part of the Xu family's foothold in the court would probably be taken away.

How could Xu Mi be willing to do so?

This happened to happen today. Li Mu, a poor family, actually had the idea of ​​marrying Gao Qiao's daughter.

For Xu Bi, isn’t it just a chance?

If Gao Qiao married his daughter to Li Mu in order to preserve his reputation as a gentleman who promised a thousand gold, the Gao family not only had a reputation among the gentry, but the Lu family would inevitably be ridiculed. Not only that, the two families would have a rift.

If Gao Qiao refused Li Mu's proposal for marriage on the grounds that scholars and commoners did not intermarry, and still married the Lu family, he would inevitably leave a distrustful an excuse and would become enemies with Li Mu.

No matter what the final result is, Xu is a sure-making business, so how could he stop him?

Moreover, with Yang Xuan's understanding of Xu Mi, under such a situation, he might be more willing to see Li Mu's successful marriage.

Even though Li Mu became the son-in-law of the Gao family, he later defected to the Gao family. But for the family, the value of a powerful general is just a useful tool.

If the tool poses a threat to yourself in the future, it will be eliminated.

And the benefits of the portal will always be ranked first.

With Li Mu's age and previous experience, he had no chance to get close to these clans, and he could not have thought of such far-reachingness.

I think this time, he was just full of energy and not very experienced in the world, so he wanted to ask to marry a daughter of Gao.

How could he know that his actions could invisibly become a knife that seemed to have maintained a balanced interest game between the three top gentry portals of the dynasty?

Yang Xuan figured out the joints and couldn't help but gasp, and the hot sweat that had just subsided was rolling out again.

He knew how terrible the power of the clan was.

It is easy to strangle the common people like them, so that their descendants will never stand up.

Yang Xuan did not hesitate anymore and decided to go to Li Mu immediately.

He must be allowed to retreat to the point where he will be invisibly involved in the undercurrent of the family struggle. He may not know how he dies in the future.

Yang Xuan wiped his sweat and hurriedly walked away, but heard a voice coming from beside him: "General Yang, stay!"

Yang Xuan turned his head and saw several young men coming across.

One is Gao Qiao's nephew Gao Huan. The other is Lu Huanzhi from the Lu family, with a big crown and high clogs standing there with his hands crossed, looking at him faintly.

The other man next to the two was older, about the same age as Li Mu. He was in his twenties, tall, handsome face, and jade-like temperament. However, between his eyebrows, there was a ray of heroism that was rare among the children of the gentry. Compared with the children of the gentry who came here to watch Shi Zhufu from the city to watch the reward army, today, it was as impressive as a crane.

This young man is Lu Jianzhi, the famous eldest son of the Lu family.

Today, Emperor Xingping rewarded his army, and his name was also among the heroes. In addition, he had previously quelled the Linyi Rebellion and made two achievements. At a young age, he was promoted to the position of Huangmen and General Jianwei.

Yang Xuan naturally recognized him, but due to his disparity in status, he had no contact on weekdays. At this moment, he saw his lips with a warm smile and his clothes were in the wind, and he was walking towards him. He was surprised and immediately met him.

Lu Jianzhidao: "I heard the name of the general for a long time and was fortunate to see his true face, and it was indeed mighty."

Yang Xuan was even more surprised.

He had heard that Lu Guang has always been proud of his identity and attaches great importance to the differences between scholars and common people.

However, he did not expect that the famous Lu eldest son, Jianzhi, had the style of Gao Qiao. In his words, he had no intention of looking down on a poor general like him. He hurriedly said, "Young Master is wronged, Yang Xuan is ashamed of being accused of taking responsibility."

After the greetings, Lu Jianzhi said: "The general is extremely powerful, and Li Mu is also an ordinary person. In this battle in Jiangbei, he not only made extraordinary achievements, but became famous in one battle, but he once saved Zile in front of the battlefield. Li Mu's courage is admirable. I regard Zile as my own brother, and I have long wanted to thank Li Mu, but I have been plagued by war before and never had a chance. Now that Jiangbei is pacified, it is a good opportunity. Double Ninth Festival is about to be pacified, and the children of Jiankang have always had the joy of climbing the heights of Double Ninth Festival. When I want to arrive, I invite Li Mu to climb the north of the city to overturn Zhoushan and enjoy the autumn scenery together. Please ask the general to speak on my behalf. I will post an invitation soon to show my sincerity."

Yang Xuan was surprised again and nodded quickly: "Young Master Cheng’s invitation, it’s rare to have an opportunity. I would like to thank Mr. Li Mu for his behalf. I will tell him this."

Lu Jianzhi nodded, bowed to him and then left.

When the two of them were just talking, Gao Huan was always by the side. Seeing Yang Xuan go, he looked happy and greeted him and said, "Thank you, brother, for your fulfillment!"

The expression of gratitude is beyond words.

Lu Jianzhi smiled and said, "Even if you don't have a speech, I would like to thank him. It's just a good opportunity. At that time, my elder brother will invite all the famous scholars of Jiankang. How about it?"

Gao Huan was very happy, and Lu Huanzhi frowned and objected: "Brother, he saved Zile, we naturally want to thank him, but we don't have to mobilize the masses like this."

Lu Jianzhi turned his head to look at him, his eyes falling on his face.

Lu Huanzhi left the city this morning to watch the ceremony. He applied a balm on his face and finely made a layer of white powder. After a day, the powder layer fell off, mixed with sweat, leaving traces on his forehead. The dirt powder was a little on his eyebrows, and his appearance was not very elegant.

Gao Huan followed Lu Jianzhi's gaze and couldn't help but make a sound and laugh.

Only then did Lu Huanzhi realize it, touched his face, and whispered: "I didn't want to wipe it, but all the people who were with me"

Lu Jianzhi frowned slightly: "A man with a beard, but he learns from that woman to mix red and pink all day long. No wonder the northerners ridiculed me, the southerners only had women and breasts!"

Lu Huanzhi blushed and hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped his face hard.

After Gao Huan finished laughing, he couldn't bear to see his friend fall into such an embarrassing situation, so he hurriedly tried to smooth things over for him, and was quite happy.

If my uncle doesn't agree, then he will settle for the second best. It is also good to be able to invite an invitation in the name of Lu Jianzhi. I believe Li Mu would be happy to hear the news.

Gao Huan originally wanted to find someone in person, but when he thought of his uncle's ban, he was unsatisfied and even more dissatisfied. He finally did not dare to disobey it openly, so he searched for Lu Jianzhi and finally achieved his wish.

He suppressed his expectation and let out a long sigh, hoping that the Double Ninth Festival would arrive earlier.

It's already the hour of Hai.

Usually at this hour, the Gao family was closed and the God of Luo went to bed early.

But tonight, the entire Gao family was still brightly lit. Gao Qi and his servants were waiting in the outer courtyard for the return of the male owner.

Luo Shen is currently with Xiao Yongjia.

Seeing that she yawned, Xiao Yongjia urged her to go back to her room to go to bed first.

Even if he is sleepy, Luo Shen refused to go to bed at this moment.

She stretched her eyes wide and shook her head: "I'm not sleepy. I'm going to wait for Aye to come back. My mother, I'll help you comb your hair."

The God of Luo has a pair of black and bright hair. When it hangs down, it looks like a beautiful silk shining with a beautiful luster under the light.

This all comes from my mother Xiao Yongjia.

Her black hair was so beautiful that it was once widely spread by someone who had made a fortune with a thousand gold coins.

This incident happened a few years ago. Aju got drunk and talked to Luoshen and accidentally let it go.

It is said that when the eldest princess was only as big as the God of Luo, she had not yet destroyed the country. She was still loyal to the Nanyu banner and sent envoys to Jiankang to meet the late emperor.

At that time, there was a young Xianbei royal family in the mission. At a banquet held by the late emperor for the mission, they met Princess Qinghe and were fascinated by the princess. Not only did they imitate the southerners, they spent a lot of money to ask someone to write tributes to express their admiration for the princess, but they also hoped that Dayu would marry the princess.

Naturally, how could the late emperor let his proud and noble princess daughter marry into the shaky vassal state in the north? He rejected the Xianbei people on the grounds that the princess had already had a marriage contract. The Xianbei people left with regret.

Many years later, everything changes.

The princess of the past is now a mother. The Xianbei country was long ago destroyed by Jie. The royal family Murong Xi of that year was named Marquis of Daning after surrendering to Northern Xia. Because of his ability to fight, he won the title of the No. 1 general in the north.

And the fu that was exchanged for a lot of money also turned into the thick smoke waves of the Qinhuai River, leaving no trace anymore.

But according to Aju, the whole article is rich in color, and it is not stingy to describe and praise the princess's beauty with all the most gorgeous words, especially the black hair, which is even more portrayed as a beautiful sustenance that can make people dream of.

After Aju woke up from alcohol, he denied it repeatedly, saying that it was all his mistakes and told Luo Shen not to take it seriously.

Regardless of whether the story was true or not, in the heart of Luo Shen, because of Aju's words after drinking, the past of his parents was even more mysterious.

Although Xiao Yongjia is now middle-aged, his long hair is still shiny.

Aye will be back tonight.

Out of his small selfish intention that people cannot know, Luo Shen suddenly wanted to help his mother comb her hair so that her hair would look more shiny and beautiful.

She took the green jade comb, pressed Xiao Yongjia to the front of the mirror, and knelt behind her, and carefully combed her mother's hair in front of the mirror.

After combing, the skillful maid called out the mother's favorite bun, and then used her little finger to pick a little rose fat that she had just made out a few days ago, and gently tapped it on her mother's lips with her own hands.

The fat of the mouth is moist and delicate, and it melts on the lips, making it as delicious as a flower, and the light fragrance is refreshing.

Luoshen doesn't like to use these things on a daily basis, but he also likes this taste.

While she was busy, Xiao Yongjia didn't stop complaining, but she still sat there, smiling, and letting her daughter comb her hair and light her lips.

"My grandma, Aye has worked so hard and it's finally easy to go home. Don't rush him to the study to sleep at night, okay?"

Luo Shen fell from behind, his soft arms wrapped around Xiao Yongjia's shoulders, attached his lips to her ears, and pleaded quietly.

Xiao Yongjia turned his face and met his daughter's bright eyes with anticipation, and his heart suddenly felt sad.
Chapter completed!