Chapter 579 Dugu Zhuguo
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the wind and dust outside the city of Huazhou were blowing so hard that pedestrians were blinded by the wind and sand. They had to cover their faces and lower their heads while walking quickly. Unless absolutely necessary, they tried to reduce the number of trips they took.
After a heavy snowfall, the climate became even more bitter and cold. But in the southern suburbs of Huazhou City, there have been a lot of pedestrians in recent days. Most of them are wealthy slaves in the city. After leaving the city, they are busy cleaning the snow on the road. The sky and the earth are all white, but only the avenue more than ten miles south of the city is completely free of snow.
Although the people have reduced the number of trips, they have gradually heard about such strange and strange situations, and they all speculate that some great people are coming to Huazhou? Otherwise, the wealthy slaves would never be full and would go to clear snow outside the city to pass the time when they were bored.
On this day, the people in Huazhou City had yet to reach a consensus on many speculations, and there were new personnel changes in the city. A large number of carriages and horses of honor left their respective houses, and many dignitaries rode in cars or on horses, and headed south of the city, surrounded by their respective servants.
This situation is not just for every household, and the residents in the city quickly noticed this. From the looks of it, it is estimated that important people will arrive in Huazhou today. The people have been speculating a lot recently and are very curious. After seeing this, they all braved the severe cold and headed to the south of the city to see the excitement.
On both sides of the road more than ten miles south of the city, many tents had been set up to protect them from the wind and cold. There were many warriors and slaves standing between the tents, and the atmosphere seemed very lively.
Among these tents, one is the most grand in scale, nearly a hundred paces wide, and looks like a high raised hill from the outside.
The cold wind whistled outside the tent, but the inside of the tent was very warm by the charcoal stove. There were many felt seats, tables, tables, etc. placed on the thick carpet. Some seats were already occupied, but most of them were still occupied. empty.
Gao Zhongmi was wrapped in a large fur coat and sat in the middle of the tent. Hearing the constant chatter and noise from outside, he looked with satisfaction at the magnificent tent that he had personally instructed his servants to decorate, with a look on his face. With a smile on his face, he pointed at Li Chao who was standing aside and said with a smile: "Although I went to the countryside to kidnap your father and caused him to suffer a lot, he finally came back safe and sound. Today I have gathered relatives and friends from Kansai Welcome him here. If you think there is something missing, please come quickly! If you are dissatisfied, I will not spare you!"
After Li Chao heard this, he bowed with a bitter look on his face and said: "The year Aye left home, I was still young and had no intention of serving my benefactor, let alone what Aye's interest was. But I know Aye is here. The country is quite frugal and does not regard prosperity of people and things as beauty. I am so sincere and kind to my uncle that I created this scene. I am afraid that I will have to thank you but not accept it..."
Gao Zhongmi originally looked complacent, but after hearing what Li Chao said, his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he said with some distress: "I only know a few relatives and friends. As for other families, We agreed to come here and disrupt half of the city in the cold winter months. I can neither facilitate nor dissuade..."
While he was still trying to excuse himself, a series of rapid hoofbeats sounded outside. Soon his good friend Guangling Wang Yuanxin strode in. After taking off the hood covering his head, he looked at Gao Zhongmi and asked, "Not yet?" Are you here? This Li Boshan is getting stronger and prouder. Don’t you know that so many relatives, friends and elders in the two cities are eager to see him as soon as possible and want to see his extraordinary upbringing? "
Mi Shang Gao Zhong was a little worried that the scene was a little too big. After hearing what King Guangling said, he snorted: "Each family has its own land. Your Majesty is unwilling to work hard during the plowing season, but after the drought, he envies other families for their abundant fruits." . Today, my blind date is waiting here to welcome someone back home, and they are waiting to say goodbye. The king and others are not relatives, but they insist on leading all the disciples to come here to say goodbye. It is really disrespectful!"
When King Guangling heard this, he rolled his eyes, and then sneered: "Although my family's grain is barren, there are always a few. You, a sophomore in high school... Well, when it comes to relatives, you are not qualified to compete with my family." More intimate!”
After Gao Zhongmi heard this, he was very embarrassed. He stood up and pointed at King Guangling and said angrily: "Whose family is not good at both shortcomings and shortcomings? Your Majesty, today is dedicated to exposing shortcomings. Go away quickly. The contents of my account No less than you!”
However, King Guangling ignored him completely and went straight into the tent to sit down in a warm place.
Li Chao saw that the two of them seemed to be joking too much and the conversation was a little heated. Just as he was about to speak to calm down, Gao Zhongmi waved his hand to drive him away and said, "Quickly go to the side of the road and wait and see. When I see your father and brother's honor guard, I will come immediately to report."
After hearing the words, Li Chao nodded in agreement, and soon stepped out of the tent. Then he saw his cousin Li Licheng had arrived, and was standing outside the tent stamping his feet and rubbing his hands to keep warm, so he said, "Why don't you enter the tent, cousin?"
After hearing this, Li Licheng laughed dryly, pointed to King Guangling's ceremonial guard outside the tent and said: "I want to stay away from this place where this king hangs out! Your brother's goods flowed to the south of the mountain and made huge profits, but these noble people in the capital were unable to get rid of them. Run. They don't dare to offend your brother, but they are not polite to others. I am not as domineering as your brother, so I still keep away from such things!"
"Ah? Then, so many people came to greet me today, my brother, and they even came all the way from Beijing. Will they make things difficult for my brother because of this?"
Li Chao didn't know much about the personnel disputes in Kansai, so he looked worried after hearing what Li Licheng said.
"Don't worry. What kind of idler do you think your brother is? Anyone can make things difficult for him? Even if some people despise me for being young and young, who dares to be disrespectful in Dugu Zhuguo?"
Li Licheng had assisted Li Tai in handling many personnel transactions in Beijing in the past few years, and he felt a lot about the changes in Li Tai's position and influence in the current situation. He raised his finger and pointed to the large and small tents on both sides of the road, and turned around. Even though he said with a smile: "Today so many people came to greet me, they may not necessarily be close to my family. In the past, although Boshan was young and formidable, there were still many people who relied on their seniority and refused to be inferior. Now my uncle has entered Kansai , they came to see each other, and they also respected Bo Shanshi..."
While the two were talking, a fast horse came galloping from the south. The knight on the horse reined in his horse, stopped and said loudly: "Xihe Gong's team has passed the sand garden!"
Li Chao hurriedly ordered the servants waiting here to tell the tents of the tents of these families who were waiting for his father and brother. However, in these families, only the slaves went out first to set up the tents, but the masters were still waiting in the city. When they heard that Li Tai and his party would arrive in Huazhou soon, the domestic slaves waiting outside the city also went into the city to report.
So many cars came out of the city. When the masters of each family arrived, they ordered their slaves to quickly go south to meet them.
When Li Tai and his party arrived here, it was already afternoon, and there were hundreds of slaves from various families who came all the way to greet them and return with them. Naturally, they immediately brought back their master's thoughts, so Li Tai was not too surprised when he saw the continuous scene of tents on both sides of the road.
He knew that the human scene of returning to Huazhou was so big that it had nothing to do with him.
Although he has done well in Jingzhou over the past year, he has not done anything eye-catching or shocking in the end. Everyone is so supportive, probably because of his father-in-law Dugu Xin. By the way, he also expressed his gratitude to his father-in-law, Dugu Xin. Respect and satisfy curiosity for a while.
Li Tai is very busy in Jingzhou this year, and other parties are not idle either. In particular, Daxingtai Yuwentai took advantage of the military disasters outside the country and the defense line in western Henan was relatively stable. He took his son-in-law, Prince Yuan Qin, on a patrol, focusing on military inspections in Longyou and other places.
And in this year, his father-in-law Duguxin's power rose to a higher level, and he was appointed as the general of Zhuguo due to his comprehensive achievements. Li Bi was promoted to this position with him.
Although people often say that Duguxin and others share the royal family, power and other barbarians with Daxingtai, it is still a little short of the mark. But now that Dugu Xin and Li Bi have been appointed as generals of the Zhu Kingdom, at least their status has been recognized by the court and they are on an equal footing with Daxingtai.
As Dugu Xin's son-in-law, Li Tai naturally saw a rising tide, not to mention that he himself was the leading rising star in the Western Wei Dynasty. The accumulation of these factors, and the changes in his position in the Western Wei Dynasty were reflected in the scene of the return of father and son.
The group had just arrived, and the first person to greet them was Yu Wentai's eldest son, Li Tai's younger brother-in-law, and Yu Wenyu, who also gained the title of Duke of Ningdu because of his father-in-law Dugu Xin.
Accompanying Yu Wenyu were Yu Wenhu and a series of Xingtai officials such as Xingtai Youcheng Wang Yue. In addition to representing themselves, of course they also represented the Taifu government's support for Li Tai and his son, especially Li Tai and his son. His father, Li Xiao, was welcomed into the country.
Li Xiao has been living in Hannan in recent years. He is not very accustomed to the cold winter climate in Guanzhong. He has been traveling all the way and had been sleeping in the car with his eyes closed before. After receiving Li Tai's reminder, he regained consciousness for a while, but when he got off the bus and saw such an outgoing battle, he was greatly surprised for a moment.
Li Chao, who had been waiting here for a long time, jumped up and stood aside to support his father. However, there was no time for father and son to talk because Li Tai had to introduce the people who came out to greet them one by one.
Li Xiao naturally couldn't remember so many people for a while, so he could only respond with a bow to everyone who smiled. After the people in Taifu looked aside, it was the turn of the relatives and friends behind.
Needless to say, Gao Zhongmi was the person who abducted the Li family and his son out of Hebei. Lu Rou and other relatives and friends who had been separated for a long time also had many emotions after they reunited. But there were so many people waiting to meet each other at the scene that there was no time to stop and have a long conversation.
Although Zhuguo candidates like Li Bi and Yu Jin would not come here to greet Li Tai and his son in the cold weather, they sent their sons and Yu Wentai's son-in-law group to come out of the city to welcome him.
But the real heavyweights are Li Hu, who personally came from Chang'an to greet him, and Hou Mo Chen Chong's elder brother, Hou Mo Chen Shun. Regardless of their status, these two people are the absolute senior members of the Beizhen group. They were willing to come outside the city to greet Li Xiao, which gave Li Tai a lot of face.