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"Are you Aunt Ping's son?" the young lady asked, tilting her head.

Li Ye smiled and nodded, "My name is Li Ye!"

"Are you Brother Ye?"

The little lady jumped up happily, turned around and ran towards the carriage behind her, "Dad, Brother Ye is here!"

I saw a young man in his early thirties stepping out of the carriage, and a pretty young woman walking behind him.

"Qian'er, please stop running around!"

This man also wore a gauze hat, a light green official uniform, and a leather belt around his waist. Judging from the color of the official uniform, he should be a seventh-grade civil servant.

The man stepped forward to look at Li Ye and said with a smile, "You are A Ye?"

"I am Li Ye, who are you?"

"I am your mother's brother, my name is Pei Jun!"

Li Ye suddenly realized that he heard Aunt Mu say that his mother had two older brothers and one brother. The brother was two years younger than his mother. Because he was born to a singer, he had been living outside.

Li Ye quickly bowed and saluted, "Li Ye meets uncle!"

Pei Jun laughed and patted Li Ye's arm, "Why didn't you say something first when you came?"

"My nephew is going to Anxi and passes by Zhangye!"

"I see!"

Pei Jun smiled again and introduced his daughter to Li Ye, who was a little shy at the moment and refused to come forward, "That's your cousin Pei Qian, and next to you is your aunt!"

Li Ye hurriedly stepped forward to salute. At this time, a servant had already run to report, and a large group of people quickly walked out.

The leader was Li Ye's grandfather, Pei Fang, the governor of Ganzhou, followed by his uncle Pei Jia and his second uncle Pei Jian, both of whom were military generals.

Li Ye hurriedly paid homage to him. Pei Fang had long wanted to meet this legendary grandson. He was famous in Shuofang when he was only fourteen years old. He was named the Duke of Jinshan County by the emperor, and his title was one level higher than his own.

He was really happy to see that his grandson was tall and mighty and showed talent. More than ten years ago, his only precious daughter gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which embarrassed him so much that he drove her out of the house in anger. Soon he felt a little regretful. But he wanted to save face and refused to let go, waiting for his daughter to take the initiative to admit her mistake.

But Pei Sanniang also had the same stubborn temper as her father and refused to go home to admit her mistakes. The father and daughter remained in a stalemate for fourteen years, and their relationship did not thaw until last year.

However, he often received news about his daughter from his nephew Pei Min, and he opened a clinic in Chang'an to support himself.

In fact, Li Ye is still a little resistant to his grandfather's family. After all, they made his mother suffer for fourteen years and left her alone in Chang'an. If it weren't for his mother's sake, Li Ye would never come to the door today. .

But some things can only be hidden in the heart and cannot be shown in face. The family enthusiastically welcomed Li Ye into the house, and Li Ye gave a grand gift to his grandmother.

Li Ye's grandmother was also from the Li family, a famous family in Longxi. When the Northern Zhou Dynasty was established, Emperor Yuwentai asked his generals to find relatives of famous families in Guanlong to increase their reputation.

The later royal family Yang of the Sui Dynasty was attached to the Hongnong Yang family, while the later royal family Li of the Tang Dynasty was attached to the Li family of Longxi, which was Grandma Li Ye's family.

Pei Fang also relied on this marriage to gain the support of the prominent families in Hexi, and gradually rose to the position of governor of Ganzhou. Last year, he was the deputy governor of Ganzhou. This year, he was recommended by Li Linfu and officially promoted to governor.

But looking at the graceful old lady in front of him, Li Ye was thinking of Aunt Mu, who was the real grandmother in his heart.

Three sons, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and even two fourth generations also came, and a large family sat in the lobby.

Li Ye took out a wooden box and said with a smile: "Bringing some gifts for everyone, see if there is anything you like, please feel free to choose!"

The contents of his box were poured out on the table. They were all jade and precious stones. Of course they were the trophies captured by Li Ye. He picked out more than twenty pieces of good quality and gave them to his grandfather's family.

Everyone was overjoyed and stepped forward to choose their favorite things.

This is the sophistication of human nature. If Li Ye wants to save face for his mother, he needs something he can get. These jade and gemstones are also valuable treasures in Chang'an. Each piece is worth hundreds of dollars, or even more expensive. Everyone in the family is After receiving a big gift, next time Pei Sanniang returns to her parents' home, everyone will naturally look up to her.

Li Ye took out a fist-sized piece of mutton-fat jade seed material and handed it to his grandfather and said with a smile, "This is for grandpa."

Pei Fang saw that the beautiful jade was white, greasy and moist, as if it had been cut into fat, and there were no flaws or cracks at all. The shape was very beautiful, and the bottom was flat, so it could be placed on the table.

Pei Fang couldn't put it down immediately. He stroked his beard and nodded in praise: "Ye'er is very interested!"

Li Ye then handed an emerald the size of a red date to Grandma Li. The quality was second to the quality, and caring was a sign of filial piety. Li was so happy that she held Li Ye's hand and said, "Good boy, your mother wrote The letter said she was in Runzhou, and I thought you were in Runzhou too. My Ye'er has grown up, and this is the first time grandma has seen you, hey!"

Mrs. Li was sad and wiped away tears. Li Ye quickly comforted her and said with a smile: "I will go back and set this emerald into a pendant for grandma."

"Okay! You inlay it for grandma."

At this time, the two granddaughters Pei Qian and Pei Li ran up, and Pei Qian shouted: "Brother Ye, we will go with you to inlay."

The two are the same age, both eleven years old, only one month apart. Pei Li is slightly older, but Pei Qian is more outgoing. She dragged Pei Li here.

Pei Fang also has a granddaughter named Pei Zhen. She is engaged and no longer plays naughty with her two younger sisters.

Li Ye smiled and asked, "What did you pick?"

The two young ladies opened their palms and saw a ruby ​​and a sapphire, both the size of pigeon eggs and of extremely high quality.

Grandma Li didn't know what she thought of, and said with a smile: "You two will take Ah Ye out for a walk in the afternoon. It's a rare trip to Zhangye."

Li Ye said happily: "Let's go inlay together in the afternoon!"

At this time, everyone picked out something they liked, and even the two fourth generations were helped by their mothers to pick something out.

There are still seven or eight pieces left, which are collected by Li family and prepared to be given to several relatives. This is also Li Ye's wish.

Pei Fang asked everyone to sit down. The atmosphere in the lobby was much more lively, and everyone's eyes were full of joy for Li Ye.

Pei Fang smiled and asked Li Ye again: "Is Ye'er going to Anxi to join the army this time?"

Li Ye shook his head and smiled: "I'm not joining the army, but actually traveling to Anxi!"

Pei Fang stroked his beard and chuckled: "It's easy to talk about traveling. I'll live in Zhangye for a year and a half, and it's not too late to set off!"

Li Ye bowed slightly and said, "I dare not hide it from my grandfather. In fact, my grandson is also shouldering a secret mission entrusted by the emperor to go to the river area."

After saying that, he took out the emperor's gold medal and handed it to his grandfather. Pei Fang was shocked. He had the pattern of this gold medal. With this gold medal, he could mobilize a thousand troops.

The grandson actually has the emperor's personal gold medal, which makes Pei Fang dare not underestimate it.

At this time, Pei Jun stood up and said, "Father, I have something important to report, and it happens to be about Ye'er."

Pei Jun served as the governor's military officer and was responsible for the management of military status and various important documents.

Pei Fang asked: "What's the matter?"

"Haier received a flying pigeon message from the Ministry of War last night, informing us of two things. One is to ask us to quell the rebellion in Yanhai as soon as possible, and the other is to inform Li Ye, the Duke of Jinshan County, to be promoted to General Ningyuan."

Pei Fang was stunned. It was naturally a good thing to promote his grandson to an official rank, but how did the notification get to Zhang Ye?

Li Ye knew very well that it must have been arranged by his grandfather. He knew that he was at Grandpa Zhangye's place.

"It was probably arranged by my grandfather. He knew that I would come to my grandpa's place, so he specifically let me know about it."

Pei Fang stroked his beard and nodded, "Your grandfather really cares about you!"

There were some things that Li Ye couldn't express clearly. He knew very well that his grandfather's passing of this news to him was actually an expression of the emperor's attitude. The emperor must have clearly rejected Ge Luolu's extradition request.

Although three million sheep are attractive, the emperor is not a fool. He cannot ignore the feelings of the military. Moreover, it will harm the national character of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ye changed the subject and asked, "Grandpa, what happened to the Juyanhai Rebellion?"

Pei Fang sighed and said: "Last autumn, a Xue tribe came to Juyanhai. They said that their chief was killed and there was civil strife in the Xue tribe. They came here to avoid trouble for a few months and will leave in the spring of this year. , I agreed, but unexpectedly, not only did they not leave after spring started, but they attracted the troops of Xue tribe and Ge Luolu. They drove away the Qiang people south of Juyanhai and occupied the entire pasture of Juyanhai."

Li Ye immediately remembered what happened last year. Not long after they entered Xuebu, Allen pointed to a mountain range in the distance and said to him, 'On the other side of Xiakou Mountain is Juyanhai in Hexi, which belongs to Ganzhou. ’

It turns out that Xuebu is close to the Hexi Corridor.

Li Ye asked again: "What then?"

"Then their attitude was more arrogant, saying that they only occupied the land of the Qiang people and did not invade the military city of the Tang army. They said that we could not control them. Our officials told them sternly that the Qiang people were subjects of the Tang Dynasty. The sea is the land of the Tang Dynasty, and they must leave, but they have not left yet. It is said that Ge Luolu is negotiating with the court and wants the court to sell Juyanhai to them at a high price."

The Geluolu people were talking nonsense. Ju Yanhai was not mentioned at all in their request. Li Ye asked again: "What is the attitude of the Hexi Army?"

"As the governor of Ganzhou, I have the responsibility of guarding the territory, but Jiedushi An Sishun's attitude is more ambiguous, saying that he must ask the imperial court for instructions and not allow me to act rashly."

Li Ye nodded, "I may know something about the reason behind this!"

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