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A piece of elegant and empty words eulogizing meritorious deeds is followed by the real real reward. Li Chengxun, the chief engineer of the Shu Road, was named the king of Shu, and the Lu family of Fanyang and the Cui family of Qinghe were named first-class nobles in the country. The ancestral property that a family lives and lives in can be passed on from generation to generation, and other meritorious officials at all levels have their own rewards.

Bai Fan nodded secretly from behind. Li Er played beautiful tricks. The three major heroes who cultivated the Shu Road were all placed in Shu. Li Er knew that even if he didn't become the King of Shu, the people in Shu would appreciate Li Chengxun's kindness and would enshrine him with longevity tablets, so it's better to be a favor.

In the same way, since Qinghe Cui and Fanyang Lu have criminal records, it is easy to restore their reputations, but they cannot be sent back to their ancestral lands, and the people everywhere know the bad reputation of the second clan, so I am afraid that after these people are released, they will make trouble again. What's wrong.

It's better to put it in the land of Shu, which is grateful to the two clans. In this way, the two clans regained their identities, but they were marginalized to a corner of Shu land, avoiding hidden dangers, and everyone is happy.

After some busy work, Li Chengxun was dragged aside by his younger sister Li Wanping, and whispered to him.

"Third brother, mother is here. You know, mother has been waiting for this day for many years. You must be mentally prepared."

Li Chengxun said with shame: "It's me who is an unfilial son, and my tired parents are worried. I will go to see my mother and apologize."

"Oh my third brother, why are you so slow? I'm not talking about this. You have made great achievements, and your famous family members are happy for you. What I said is that my mother came here this time, and it is said that she brought a lot of girls. , I am going to give you a beauty pageant on the spot." Li Wanping stopped and explained.

"Oh, I... my sister, good sister, third brother still has something to do, you must help me hold my mother, I'll take a step first, please." Li Chengxun ran away after hearing the words.

Chapter 9: Shu King's Blind Date

Seeing that Li Chengxun was about to run, Li Wanping grabbed him. Li Wanping's kung fu was no match for ten Li Chengxuns.

"Third brother, where else can you go? Don't you need to get married in this life?"

Li Chengxun said with a bitter face, "My good sister, how could the third brother not get married? It's just that I want to find someone I like by myself, instead of letting my mother get a lot of people to go on a blind date, so you can help me, okay?" ?”

As he said that, he was about to break away from Li Wanping's hand, but Li Wanping didn't let go at all, and said with a smile, "It's not impossible to help you, but it's wrong for you to run away. You are already 25 years old. Do you want your mother to help you?" Are you worried about getting married? How about I introduce a woman to you?"

Li Chengxun was slightly surprised, "Why are you also arranging a marriage for me?"

"I'm a younger sister. I don't dare to arrange a marriage for you. It's just a matter of arranging for you to meet. Whether it's suitable or not depends on your fate. Just like my husband and I back then, didn't we meet through someone else's introduction?"

Hearing this, Li Chengxun didn't struggle anymore, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Sister, first tell me which family she is from, see you or not, we will discuss later."

Li Wanping laughed and said, "Where is the woman from another family? You know this person. She is our Bai Sanmei. You build roads all day long. You haven't married until you are in your twenties, and Sanmei is also waiting for a wife right now." , I'm not young anymore, so I just want to see if you are compatible, anyway, you are acquaintances."

What?Bai Sanmei?She, why isn't she married?Li Chengxun was slightly surprised, because people in the Tang Dynasty in this era like to get married early, and ordinary women are married at the age of 16, and there are very few who don't get married, and he knows Bai Sanmei, who is at least 22 years old now. old

Hearing this, Li Wanping sighed slightly, "Maybe you don't know yet. Three years ago, the third sister had made a private appointment with someone for life, but that person betrayed Datang. He was Li Mingxin, and then Li Mingxin betrayed the third sister. The death of Tubo made the third sister lose confidence in her relationship for a while. It took three years for our family to let her out of the haze. If I didn't see you as my third brother, I would not introduce candidates to the third sister at will. After all, she A wounded man."

Oh, it turned out to be like this, "You asked me to think about it," Lee Seung-hoon said with a frown,

This answer directly made Li Wanping dissatisfied, "What is your expression? Don't you think that our third sister has a crush on me? Or do you already have someone else in your heart? If that's the case, I will turn around and leave without saying anything. Stopped it for you."

"No, me, third sister and me, maybe it's not suitable!" Li Chengxun quickly explained,

Li Wanping frowned, and said slightly angrily: "What's not appropriate, you are unmarried and she is unmarried, I think you are a match made in heaven."

While talking, he grabbed Li Chengxun's arm and began to exert force slowly. Li Chengxun's forehead was sweating from being pinched, and he begged for mercy.

"Sister, what are you doing? Are you going to force the third brother to marry? Does the master know about this? How can you do things like this? Even if I agree here, can Sanmei Bai agree?"

Maybe it was because she was with Dou Qiongying for a long time, and Li Wanping had unknowingly acquired some quack habits. At this time, her style was no different from forced marriage, but when she saw that the third brother was subdued, she thought proudly that this trick It really works,

"I'm just here to be a matchmaker. Let you make an appointment with her to meet her. Whether you succeed or not depends on your fate. Who forced you to marry me? I'm your own sister, so you can call me that."

Li Chengxun kept begging for mercy and apologizing repeatedly, why did his younger sister become more and more unreasonable.

After agreeing, there was no delay, Li Chengxun was directly dragged by Li Wanping, and brought him to Sanmei Bai, in a temporary tent, in the middle of the night, with eyes facing each other, it was very embarrassing, and he didn't know how to start the first sentence .

After a long time, Bai Sanmei was the first to open the topic and asked, "You, have you ever liked someone?"

Li Chengxun shook his head. He has been building roads in the mountains for almost ten years, and he has never met a woman. How can there be any woman he likes, "No, but I want to find one, but I don't know how to find it. I am very envious of my sister and brother-in-law living like a fairy couple."

Bai Sanmei nodded. Her elder brother Bai Fan is known as the Love Sage of the Tang Dynasty. The love between their husband and wife seems to be the most perfect in the eyes of others. It is estimated that no one in the Tang Dynasty would not envy him.

"Do you think we are suitable together? Don't you have anything to ask me?"

Seeing a girl who was more active and bold than himself, Li Chengxun suddenly felt a little ashamed, but thinking of his sister's words, the beauty in front of him had been hurt, so he didn't dare to say some things.

In fact, the first time he saw Bai Sanmei, Li Chengxun admired in his heart, she has become so beautiful after not seeing her for so many years.

"I really wanted to ask you a question, but I didn't dare to ask it out. The two of us knew each other from the beginning, and we knew each other well whether it was suitable or not. There was no need to make an appointment to meet and talk, but I still wanted to ask you in person. Do you still have him in your heart?"

Hearing Li Chengxun's question, the third sister smiled sadly, and only said one word, yes, her tone was full of firmness, but a little self-deprecating.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you this question to dislike you, but I want to know that you didn't marry me because you were forced. It doesn't matter if we don't mention the marriage, I don't want to cause you further harm." Li Chengxun quickly explained.

Hearing this, Bai Sanmei relaxed a lot, looked at Li Chengxun, and said seriously, "Actually, it is very difficult to forget someone, but I have been doing it for three years, and his shadow is getting weaker and weaker. But he is still there, I don't want to hide it from you, even I don't know when he will completely disappear from my mind.

Let's just pretend that what happened today has never happened. I will explain it to my brother and sister-in-law. "

Saying that Bai Sanmei was about to walk out of the tent, Li Chengxun suddenly took her hand from behind, and said anxiously, "If you agree, I will accompany you and wait for it to disappear, no matter how long it takes, I don't know if you will are you willing?"

Bai Sanmei didn't turn her head back. After a long time, she felt her eyes were slightly moist and she nodded her head lightly. With infinite emotion in her heart, she finally broke away from Li Chengxun's hand and left the tent first, leaving Li Chengxun staring blankly at his family. The back view of leaving, I feel a little inexplicable, so it seems that I have failed.

At this time, Li Wanping and her mother, Princess Jin, walked in with a smile, "Third silly brother, I nodded in agreement, you didn't see this?"

Li Chengxun asked in astonishment, "Mother, sister, why are you here?"

"We've been spying on you two outside, and we heard everything you said."

I... go, Li Chengxun's head is full of black lines, and he feels that his world has instantly darkened.

Chapter 9: The Dowry of the Bai Family

It turned out that when he was in Chang'an, Li Wanping went to find his mother, Princess Jin, and talked about the marriage between the third sister of the Bai family and his third brother Li Chengxun. Princess Jin was overjoyed and worried that she couldn't find a suitable candidate. Helping the noble lady of Chang'an, but they have fewer and fewer girls under their own hands, and free love is popular now, many little girls go out to find husbands by themselves, and they are not willing to let their families introduce them.

Now I suddenly heard that the third sister of the Bai family had such an intention, how could Princess Jin not be willing, she said that they must facilitate their marriage, others don't know, but he knows it well, none of the women in the Bai family is an ordinary person You can't even ask for it, don't say that you once cared about others, even if you once promised someone, wouldn't it be the same as not being married?In the Tang Dynasty, remarried couples abound. A good wife is much better than these vulgar etiquettes.

So the two discussed, Li Wanping deliberately lied to Li Chengxun, saying that there are a lot of blind dates, just to facilitate his good things with Bai Sanmei.

Bai Fan watched his wife and mother-in-law tossing about like this, hid with his father-in-law Li Jiancheng, covered his eyes and didn't dare to breathe, and secretly mourned for his brother-in-law Li Chengxun in his heart. of.

The next day it was reported that Li Chengxun and the third sister of the Bai family were engaged. The emperor Li Er was overjoyed and decided on the spot to confer the marriage on the spot, and all civil and military officials came to congratulate him.

Everyone inspected the newly built Shu road, and on the way back to Chang'an by car, Li Er asked Bai Fan with a smile, "The third sister of the Bai family is getting married, what kind of dowry do you, the older brother, want to give her? I heard that the girl from the Bai family Everyone is extraordinary, your dowry must not be stingy."

Bai Fan laughed and said, "I'm about to discuss this matter with Your Majesty. Everyone knows that I, Bai Fan, am the richest man in the world. I am so poor that I only have money left. But when my third sister is married, it seems inelegant for me to give money directly. It's a bit vulgar, so I want to buy a jade vein from His Majesty and give it to her, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

Li Er scolded with a smile, "You dare to speak, the most beautiful jade in the world is a rare treasure, and an ordinary piece is priceless, but you are good, you open your mouth and it is a jade vein. I have never seen any jade veins. Where can I get it for you?" A jade vein as a dowry?

Private mines are not allowed in Datang, have you forgotten this rule?Even if a vein of jade is found, it is also a state-owned property, how can it be sold privately? "

Bai Fan repeatedly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood these things. How can I not know that the mine vein I am talking about is not in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty goes southwest and crosses Nanzhao. There is a country called Piao, which is rich in jade and emeralds. There are mine veins everywhere. That's right, Fan just wants to spend money to buy one for his younger sister, don't be stingy, Your Majesty."

"What? The mine veins of Piao country? You mean there are jade veins produced in the southwest?" Li Er exclaimed.

It was only then that I realized the true meaning of Bai Fan's words. This was not about the mineral veins, nor the dowry, but about the treasure Datang in the Southwest who could plot to go there. As soon as it came to light, Lan Tianhou's road was so wide that he even knew exactly what mineral veins existed in other countries.