"What credentials do you have?"

"The little man has a genealogy at home. In order to facilitate the identification in the future, he specially copied the patterns of the jade pendant on the genealogy. If the marquis doesn't believe it, please let the little man call his son over and take him with him."

Li Mu immediately ordered: "Call the old man's son, and today's matter must be revealed, it's clear!"

After a while, Li Siwen brought a middle-aged man. He was carrying a bag on his back. When the bag was opened, there was indeed a family tree with a yellowed edge inside. He opened the last page of the family tree and rubbed it with a pattern of a jade pendant. He took off the jade pendant on Zhang Xun's body and compared it. It was indeed true!

"There are such coincidental things in the world!" Li Mu said in shock: "Old man, how did you discover it?"

The old man smiled honestly and said, "The young man is not talented, and his ancestors have accumulated some money. With these capital, he has made a lot of profits between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions. Zhangjiaji is a designated trading partner of the Tang Dynasty, so it is naturally indispensable when dealing with it. The young man doesn't walk around often, and occasionally he recognizes it at a glance when he sees the king. But he doesn't dare to recognize each other at that time. He knows that the Marquis killed the unpopular Ju family. The young man thought the time had come, so he risked his life to tell the truth."

The old man said again: "The Marquis doesn't know that the Ju family has always been unpopular, but they have been in business for many years, and the people have no choice. Nowadays, most of the territory of Gaochang is built by the Zhang family back then. Many people are grateful for the goodness of Zhang family. In addition, the king runs the Zhang family and has dealt with merchants in the twenty-two cities of Gaochang. The king acts fairly and is deeply loved by the people. Therefore, the old man can be so smooth when lobbying." The old man pulled his son and knelt down and shouted: "Please ask the Marquis to make the plan of the people of Gaochang to allow us to welcome the new king. The people of Gaochang are grateful and dare not forget them for generations!"

Many people in the audience shouted together, and the situation was moving. Nishu took the opportunity to say, "Marty, having a word is the hearts of the people. The Tang Dynasty has always won over people with virtue, and it is not a plunder of Gaochang. Since the people of Gaochang have this wish, they should still be satisfied. As for the concerns you mentioned, I will naturally testify to you."

Li Mu hesitated for a while, finally nodded and said, "God will do so, I cannot disobey it. Then please ask the Khan to write a memorial, envoys from various countries will be named, together with the umbrellas of the people, and a petition, and send a fast horse to Chang'an for 800 miles. I hope that your Majesty will not take his anger on me after reading it."

At this moment, Nishu wrote a memorial for the Ancient Congratulations. The envoys of the 32 countries and the twenty-two city lords of Gaochang were all named and stamped with their handprints. Li Mu called the messenger and asked him to send them to Chang'an on a night and said, "Please let Your Majesty decide before you can talk."

The twenty-two city lords of Gaochang were kneeling down and they all asked to establish a new king the same day. Li Mu refused, and the scene was stalemate. Until the sun was getting west and everyone was hungry for a day. Li Mu really had no choice but to say 'Forget it, I don't care' and then got off the high platform. The twenty-two city lords of Gaochang rushed forward, and the clothing of Gaochang, which he found from somewhere, took off Zhang Xun's clothes and put them on him.

With a yellow robe in his arms, the mountain called for thousands of years. Zhang Xun became the King of Gaochang in a daze. The city lords happily surrounded Zhang Xun and rushed to Gaochang with stars and moon. The palace had been burned, so I don’t know how to settle it. Li Mu did not ask, and asked him to greet the envoys for a banquet. The lights inside and outside Dingxiang City were brightly lit, as if they had returned to the scene of the Shangyuan Festival. The haze of war dissipated, and everyone’s face also showed a smile from the bottom of their hearts.

"Everyone eats and drinks well. I am drunk, go first." Li Mu said vaguely, holding the wine pot in one hand and the jerky meat in the other hand, walked out of the yamen in a daze, looked up and saw that the city gate was very high. He walked over, sat at the pass, leaning against the city wall, looking outside the city, with a mouthful of jerky meat and a sip of wine, and breathed out a long breath.

Zhang Xun became the King of Gaochang for no reason, and Zhang Tianai naturally became a princess. He followed Zhang Xun to Gaochang to prepare for the ceremony. Li Mu had to wait for her for a few more days, and it happened that he could arrange some things in these days.

It is already early spring, and the grassland is already green, and you can feel angry when you look at it. Li Mu remembered the potatoes he brought. Before he traveled through time, he heard that the potatoes planted from sandy land were large in size, and there was a lot of sandy land near Dingxiang, and I don’t know if they could succeed.

Recalling this trip to "returning home in glory", Li Mu was also confused. When he came, he thought he had planned everything, but in fact he didn't act according to his plan. This made him very uncomfortable. As a person who was a game planner, he was used to and liked to design everything well and let subsequent things happen according to his own design. If something unexpected happened, it would be a bug and an untolerable thing.

But now he gradually understood that life is not a game, it is destined to be accumulated by bugs. He can only accept it passively, and there is no way. This time he returned to Chang'an, and he didn't know what situation he would face. The reason why he was able to be unscrupulous without worrying about before was not because of Li Shimin's protection. If Li Shimin was determined to kill him and others would take advantage of others to take advantage of the situation, how could he have his life?

Although he is now in a profound martial arts and may be able to escape by himself, what should Bai Qiaoqiao, Li Zhien, and his mother at home do? If Li Shimin detained them, even if Li Mu could run away himself? In the end, wouldn’t he have to come back obediently? How could he give up his wife, concubine, and the unborn child left?

The more I think about it, the more I feel depressed. The feeling that this fate is all about others is really uncomfortable. I feel even more sad when I drink so much. Li Muben has drunk a lot, and after drinking this pot, he gradually becomes drunk.

After the banquet began, Li Chongyi occupied a seat in the corner alone. All the people who were deliberately sitting next to him were persuaded to leave with his eyes. A table of wine and food entered his stomach. After many days, he finally had a full meal. After dinner, he burped and patted his stomach. Li Chongyi subconsciously searched for Li Mu's traces. He looked up and saw that he did not see Li Mu, but only saw Li Siwen who was having a great time talking with envoys from various countries. Li Chongyi didn't like Li Siwen's appearance. He snorted and walked out of the government office. The personal soldiers standing guard at the door told him that Li Mu had gone to the city wall, and he walked over with great strides.

As soon as he reached the base of the city wall, Li Chongyi was about to step up the stairs when he suddenly saw a woman coming down the stairs. He stood high and saw clearly that he recognized the woman as Li Mu's third wife, Wang Ou.

Li Chongyi returned to the Tang Dynasty from Zhenla and came to the Western Regions constantly. After seeing Li Mu, he was busy with these things with the Turks. He didn't know anything about Li Mu and Wang Ou at all. Seeing Wang Ou, Li Chongyi was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law."

Wang Ou lowered her head, and when she heard the sister-in-law, she looked up and saw Li Chongyi. She stood on the five-story steps and looked at Li Chongyi in a straight look. Wang Ou was a little panicked, but seeing Li Chongyi's eyes clear, he guessed that he might not know the details, so he calmed down, squeezed out a smile, and said, "You are here, long time no see."

"When did my sister-in-law come? Have you ever met my elder brother? The personal soldiers at the door said that my elder brother is on the city wall."

"I... have been here for a few days. Your elder brother is busy with serious business, so I can't disturb you." Wang Ou's smile became even more reluctant, and he said, "I just met him, he... said he wanted to be quiet for a while. You can stay below and don't go up first."

"Oh." Li Chongyi didn't doubt him, and turned to stand. Wang Ou went down the steps. Li Chongyi looked down at her. Seeing that there seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes, he asked, "Why did your sister-in-law cry?"

"No," Wang Ou raised his hand and wiped it, hurriedly covered it up, saying, "Don't you know your elder brother yet, you will say those touching words that make people make a fool of yourself. I'll go back to my residence first, you can wait for him here. Don't go up first, he said he wants to be quiet."

"oh."

Li Chongyi responded dumbly and stood straight. Wang Ou looked up at the city wall, then turned around and left, tears falling unstoppable.

Li Chongyi watched Wang Ou walk away and suddenly frowned. He just reacted a little slowly and was not stupid. Wang Ou's behavior was a bit abnormal, and he could still notice it. Li Chongyi thought for a while and felt that he could not wait here stupidly. What was going on? He wanted to see it in person.

Li Chongyi climbed up the city wall and looked up. He saw that more than twenty meters away, Li Mu was leaning against the city wall, as if he was drunk. This was nothing. What was strange was that beside Li Mu, there was another person next to Li Mu, as if he was stealing something. Seeing Li Chongyi coming, he hurriedly got up and staggered and ran down the city wall from the other end.

Li Chongyi doesn't know how to ease his skills, so he naturally can't catch up with him when he is so far away. He is worried about Li Mu's safety, so he doesn't care about the thief. He runs to Li Mu in three steps and checks his condition. He only sees Li Mu smells drunk and sleeps soundly, and there seems to be no external injuries. He looks down and is startled. He is actually in disheveled! Li Chongyi glances at the direction of the thief running away, and he is so angry that he is itchy. Damn thief dares to take advantage of others' danger. Seeing my elder brother drunk, he wants to steal his clothes! Don't let me catch you, I have to tear you!

Li Chongyi quickly took off his cloak, wrapped Li Mu, carried it on his shoulder and moved it back to the back house of the yamen. He asked someone to bring a brazier to keep Li Mu warm. He was worried that the thieves would return, so he personally stayed beside Li Mu without closing his eyes all night.

...

Li Mu had a strange dream. He dreamed that he was drunk and fell asleep on the ground. The cold wind whizzed, and he was so cold that he had no place to hide, so he had to curl up. Suddenly, a woman appeared in front of him. She said a lot of words, but he didn't hear clearly. There seemed to be a woman in the distance, crying, and then he couldn't remember it.

Suddenly, the woman turned into a bearded man. Li Mu was startled and sat up suddenly.

"Ouch!"

Li Mu got up too hard and just hit Li Chongyi's forehead. Li Chongyi didn't care, but he knocked Li Mu a lot. He covered his forehead, stared at Li Chongyi, and cursed: "Big guy, are you wrong? Why do you come to my room early in the morning?"

"Brother, I will protect you!"

"I need you to protect you." Li Mu suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down and saw that he was not dressed. He looked at Li Chongyi again. He was shocked and covered his chest with both hands and said tremblingly: "You, what did you do to me?"

Li Chongyi said in a daze: "Brother fell drunk on the city wall yesterday, and I brought him back."

"Ah," Li Mu was stunned for a moment, as if he had remembered something, but soon said: "That's not right. Why do you bring me back and take off my clothes?"

"I didn't take off my brother's clothes. A thief wanted to steal your clothes. I was scared away. It's a pity that I was far away and I didn't bring an axe, otherwise I would have been able to cut off the thief's dog head!" Li Chong was indignant and his eyes were about to turn red again. Li Mu quickly comforted him and said, "Forget it, didn't you steal it..." He looked outside, and the sun was shining, and asked while tidying up his clothes, "When is it?"

"It's almost noon."

"Oh..." Li Mu was about to speak, but suddenly felt a little pain in his left shoulder. He raised his hand and touched it, touched a trace of blood. He turned his shoulder and saw that there was a tooth mark. Li Mu was puzzled and looked at Li Chongyi again and said, "Big man, why did there be a tooth mark on my shoulder?"

"I don't know." Li Chongyi shook his head blankly, and suddenly became furious again: "It must be bitten by the thief. Brother, I'll take someone to catch him now!"

"Okay!" Li Mu grabbed Li Chongyi and said, "The thief's brain is in the air. It's okay to steal clothes, but he can still bite me? I ask you, who else did you see when you looked for me yesterday?"

"Ah! I remembered it!" Li Chongyi looked dazed and said, "I saw my sister-in-law!"

"You fart!" Li Mu said angrily: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant and she is raising her baby in the valley. Forgot, you don't know about this. It's wrong. Even if you don't know, your sister-in-law will not come." Li Mu thought to himself, if Bai Qiaoqiao really came, I will run away immediately with my wife and concubine, and I won't go back in Chang'an. Isn't that great!

"It's not the eldest sister-in-law, it's the third sister-in-law." Li Chongyi was stunned after saying that, feeling something was wrong, and said anxiously: "That's it, it's the sister-in-law who sells cloth!"

"Ou?" Li Mu frowned and asked, "Wang Ou? Did you see her yesterday?"

Li Chongyi nodded suddenly and said, "I saw it at the base of the city wall. She even told me, "You should be quiet and not let me disturb you." I waited for a while and felt something was wrong, so I went up to find you. Oh, by the way, I saw my sister-in-law crying!"

"cry?"

Li Mu touched the tooth mark on his shoulder, and then thought that he was not dressed, and suddenly realized that the tooth mark might have been given by Wang Ou. But Li Chongyi said again that he had waited for a while and went up to the city wall and found a thief, which was wrong. If Wang Ou had bitten the tooth mark, how could there be someone else?
Chapter completed!