Chapter 51 December th

Gai Jiayun had previously targeted Gao Xianzhi.

Gai Jiayun first sent Gao Xianzhi to meet the enemy, giving him only a small number of soldiers and horses, intending to kill with a borrowed knife, but Gao Xianzhi won.

After this battle and the last one on the way to the Arab Empire, Gai Jiayun realized that Gao Xianzhi's military talent was not inferior to his.

Then he implemented the second plan - hiding it.

As long as Gao Xianzhi is not given a battlefield, he will have no room to display his abilities. Over time, Gao Xianzhi's power will gradually shrink.

This is also the reason why he decided to attack the Tubo caravan personally and without Gao Xianzhi.

But he never expected that Li Heng would come at this time.

Gai Jiayun thought of this, took another big sip of wine, and whispered to Zhao Cheng: "Secretly give orders to deal with all those who want to file a complaint. If there are any fish that slip through the net, whoever should admit it should admit it."

Silencing someone and taking the blame are the better solutions Gai Jiayun can think of at the moment.

"Yes." Zhao Cheng accepted the order but did not take immediate action.

Gai Jiayun looked at Zhao Cheng and said angrily, "What are you saying? Hurry up and go! Are you going to take action after those people report it to Prince Shou?"

"Yes... I will go now." Zhao Cheng bowed to Gai Jiayun and immediately retreated.

But when Zhao Cheng was halfway there and hadn't even left the house, Gai Jiayun called Zhao Cheng back and said in a low voice with a smile: "Do your job well. This time we went to attack Tubo and captured a lot of Tubo women. I'll give you some when the time comes."

Hearing Gai Jiayun's words, a smile immediately appeared on Zhao Cheng's face.

"Thank you, General. I will definitely take care of this matter." Zhao Cheng went happily.

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Guanyi.

Yang Yuhuan was roasting charcoal fire when Li Heng suddenly walked in from outside the door in the snow.

"My dear, I didn't see you in the inn just now. Did you go out?" Yang Yuhuan stood up and asked curiously.

"Yes." Li Heng smiled, "I'm going out to see the girls in Qiuci."

"I don't believe it." Yang Yuhuan shook her head and smiled.

"Why don't you believe it?" Li Heng pulled Yang Yuhuan to sit next to the charcoal fire and said, "Xuanzang passed by the Country of Women on his way to seek Buddhist scriptures. This Country of Women is probably Kucha, so the girls in Kucha are famous."

"The Land of Women?" Yang Yuhuan had never heard of this before. She looked confused and asked, "Where did you hear this legendary story from, my dear? It seems quite interesting."

"Okay, I'll tell you when I have a chance." Li Ying smiled, took out a sheet of music from his bosom, handed it to Yang Yuhuan, and said, "This is for you. This is the music score of Qiuci."

"This?" Yang Yuhuan was a little surprised. She took the music sheet and looked at it. She laughed from the bottom of her heart and said, "Thank you, my dear."

"besides."

Li Ying stood up and walked outside. After a moment, he came back with a bunch of flowers and said, "This is snow lotus, the only flower that can bloom outdoors in Anxi in winter. Count how many there are."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan took it, counted them carefully, and said, "Ninety-eight."

"No." Li Ying shook his head, "It's ninety-nine. Count them again."

"Really?" Yang Yuhuan was puzzled. She counted them carefully twice and confirmed, "There are ninety-eight."

"There is another one here." Li Heng took Yang Yuhuan's hand, placed it on his chest, and said softly: "With this one, there are ninety-nine in total, representing eternity. I give them all to you."

This was the first time Yang Yuhuan experienced this kind of situation. Her face suddenly turned red, and her eyes also turned red.

"There's one more thing." Li Ying went outside the door again and asked two servants to bring in a box.

Li Heng opened it himself, and a box of oranges appeared in front of Yang Yuhuan. Yang Yuhuan wondered, "It seems that there is no such fruit in Kucha."

"Then guess where it is?" Li Ying asked with a smile.

"Shuzhou!" Yang Yuhuan reacted immediately.

Li Heng nodded and said, "I know you like lychees the most, but lychees can't be kept for long, and it's summer, so we can't bring them here. But oranges can be kept for a little longer, and it's winter, so we can bring them here."

Li Heng couldn't be as domineering as Li Longji and do something like "A Ride in the Red Dust Makes the Concubines Smile", but he could still ask someone to bring an orange.

Yang Yuhuan looked at the box of oranges, walked over, picked up an orange, and tears fell.

She touched the orange in her hand, handed it to Li Heng, and said with tears and laughter: "This... is broken."

"Is it broken?" Li Heng took it and looked at it. He found that it was broken. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, this box of things arrived the day before yesterday, but I didn't give it to you until today."

"Why today?" Yang Yuhuan asked.

Li Ying said, "Because today is the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month."

The sixth day of December last year was their wedding day.

Yang Yuhuan turned away, secretly wiped her tears, then turned around and smiled, "What's wrong on the sixth day of December?"

"Nothing." Li Heng smiled and wiped away the remaining tears from Yang Yuhuan's eyes, saying, "It's just that someone cried."

"No."

Yang Yuhuan denied it and went to the inner room. After a while, she came out holding a long gown and put it on Li Heng, saying, "My dear, if we live a life where men farm and women weave, you may not be able to wear the clothes I make for a year. Exactly one year later, I made one."

"Did you sew it yourself?" Li Heng was a little surprised and touched the robe.

Yang Yuhuan nodded, lifted up her robe, pointed to a line of different colors on the inside of the robe's chest, and said, "This is the winding string of the pipa."

"Tangled strings?" Li Heng was curious, "What happened to the strings?"

Yang Yuhuan whispered, "The winding string is the one closest to my chest when I play the pipa."

Li Ying was stunned, touched the line, and smiled knowingly.

Whether ancient or modern, smart or stupid, when she wants to express her love, she can always find her way.

Li Heng took off his robe and put it away carefully.

Seeing Li Heng was about to put it away, Yang Yuhuan asked, "My dear, don't you like it?"

"No." Li Heng smiled, "Of course such a commemorative item must be well preserved."

"What's the point of keeping this? I make one for you every year." Yang Yuhuan took the robe and put it on Li Heng again.

After putting the cap on Li Heng, Yang Yuhuan took him to sit by the charcoal fire and asked with a smile, "Does my husband give me something every year?"

"Yeah." Li Heng nodded. "Music score, snow lotus, Shuzhou fruit, what do you like best?"

"I like them all." Yang Yuhuan smiled happily, "Music scores are my favorite, Snow Lotus..."

Yang Yuhuan thought of what Li Ying had just said about the ninety-nine flowers, and smiled slightly. After laughing for a while, she continued, "Can you repeat what you just said, my dear?"

"No." Li Ying smiled and shook his head, "I'll get bored if I talk too much."

"I won't get tired of it, I won't get tired of it, I love hearing it." Yang Yuhuan shook Li Heng's hand, "Just say it again, okay?"

"I..." Li Ying was about to speak when Xin Yunjing suddenly came to report, "Your Highness, General Gao wants to see you."

"Oh haha."

This time it was Li Heng who laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)