Compared to Kannai, Xiling in mid-November began to enter the cold season.

The winter days of Xiling are much longer than those in the pass, the weather begins to be cold in October, and when you enter November, you must wear a leather jacket, especially at night, the cold hits people, and it is difficult for people who come to Xiling from the east to adapt to the cold climate here.

Fortunately, the Yuwen family had already prepared the winter clothes of the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion.

For so many years, the Yuwen family has never treated the White Tiger Battalion badly, and there has never been a shortage of military uniforms throughout the year.

Although the White Tiger Battalion has been organized as the capital protection army, the Xiling Metropolitan Protectorate really can't get thousands of sets of winter military uniforms for a while, but fortunately, Yuwen Chengling is still very sensible in this matter, and the prepared winter clothes are sent to the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Metropolitan Protectorate will distribute them to the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion.

After Su Changyu came once, no one in the city came to the White Tiger Camp again, until the Duhufu sent someone over and ordered the White Tiger Battalion to send people to get the military uniforms, and Yuan Shangyu sent Qin Xiao to bring more than a dozen cavalry to the city to transport the military uniforms.

The news that the Yuwen family was about to move into the customs did not make a big fuss, but the Yuwen family began to clean up the houses and fields, but many people knew about it.

This great change did not set off a monstrous wave in Xiling.

Black Feather General Su Shoumo took the guard night crow into Fenggan Mansion City, although low-key, but it has already spread throughout Fengganfu City, and quickly spread outward, people naturally still remember the past when General Black Feather repelled the Vedas sixteen years ago, the old people returned, and the people in the city were naturally happy, after all, in the eyes of the Xiling people, the Black Feather General is the nemesis of the Vedic people, as long as there is the Black Feather General and the Black Feather Night Crow, the Vedic people will not dare to covet it.

Sixteen years ago, the imperial court gave the Xiling family many privileges, and once made the Xiling family the actual controller of Xiling, but on the bright side, the Xiling Protectorate still exists, and the governor's mansion of each county still exists, and even the local officials at all levels are no different from sixteen years ago, so in the eyes of the people of Xiling, Xiling is still a part of the Tang Dynasty in the past sixteen years, and the Xiling people are still the people of the Tang Dynasty.

They knew that the Xiling Gate Valve had great power in this land, but in the eyes of the people, it was only because they were the marquis of the Tang Dynasty.

In the past 16 years, although Xiling suffered from natural disasters and plagues, and the people were poor, the trade between Xiling and the Vedas slowly recovered, and in recent years it was very prosperous, and people even felt that the Vedic people had not dared to give birth to the idea of going east.

As for the assassination of the White Wolf King, the situation on the side of the Veda is undergoing drastic changes, and all this is certainly not known to ordinary people.

When General Hei Yu came to Xiling, many people felt that maybe he was just returning to his hometown to take a look, after all, the general's army had not been mobilized, and even if it was transferred, it was not uncommon for the imperial army to be transferred.

But many families in Xiling knew how much this change affected them.

The children of the family no longer dare to show their teeth and claws in the streets and alleys, and even many children of the family who are arrogant principals on weekdays are simply confined to their homes.

The news of the Yuwen family's migration into the customs is naturally impossible to conceal impenetrable, and the well-informed family families actually already know the clues, so they are even more worried in their hearts, the Yuwen family is gone, so what kind of situation will the remaining family families face?

They did not forget that it was not only the three major gate valves who sat back and watched the bloody battle of the Wutuo people in Xiling City, but also the hundreds of powerful clans in Xiling were all out of the way, and the three major gate valves were just the leader

Already, now that the Yuwen family is going to move into the customs, will the remaining family be retaliated against by the imperial court?

For this reason, many family patriarchs go to the Yuwen family almost every day to ask the old marquis, hoping that the old marquis can give guidance to the major families, they don't even know that Chang Yihou has left Fengganfu City, and naturally they are also rejected by the people of the Yuwen family in a tactful way.

When Qin Xiao brought people to Fucheng, it was not yet dark.

He thought about inviting these brothers to the restaurant to have a good meal, but he didn't know if he would violate military law, and it was not good to delay, so it was important to do business first, and went directly to the Metropolitan Protectorate. He bowed his hand to Qin Xiao and said, "Qin Cavalry School, the general has an order, let you go in." He motioned to a soldier on the side to lead Qin Xiao to see General Hei Yu.

The Duhu Mansion is very magnificent, here in name, after all, it is the highest yamen in Xiling, before the Wutuo Rebellion, it belongs to the Duhu office and residence, and it is very magnificent.

However, after the Tang army withdrew from Xiling, the Xiling Protectorate did not have the authority to collect Xiling taxes, and the expenses of the Protectorate had to be allocated from the Xiling family every year, and the Xiling family would naturally reduce the expenses of the Protectorate for various reasons.

There are six Caos under the Duhu Mansion, at the beginning of the six Caos each had an errand place, but now the six Caos have moved into the Duhu Mansion to do errands, crowded in a courtyard in the west of the Duhu Mansion, fortunately in order to show the prestige of the Celestial Empire, the Tang Dynasty built the Duhu Mansion is huge and empty, and there are many courtyards, although the six Caos all moved to the west courtyard, but they can barely be enough, after all, in order to reduce expenses, the six Cao has also cut a lot of officials, and the remaining few people, half of them have been idle all these years.

Qin Xiao followed the soldiers to walk in the Duhu Mansion for a while, marveling at the huge size of the Duhu Mansion, and finally came to a large courtyard, and saw that there were two night crows guarding the left and right in front of the door, knowing that this should be the residence of General Black Feather, and the only person in the world who can make night crows guard is probably General Black Feather.

Qin Xiao had seen General Black Feather once at the foot of Tiandu Peak that night, but the distance was quite far, and he couldn't see it too clearly, and he was really a little excited when he thought that he would be able to meet General Black Feather alone at the end of the day.

"Two, this is the Qin Riding School." The soldiers of the Metropolitan Protectorate bowed down and bowed to the two night crows and said, "On the orders of the general, come and ask for a meeting!" ”

The two night crows looked at Qin Xiao at the same time, and one said, "You are Qin Xiao?" "It seems that I have heard Qin Xiao's name a long time ago.

The Black Feather Night Crow that Qin Xiao knew, one was Su Changyu and the other was Meng Zimo, they were not ordinary people, and they admired the Black Feather Night Crow from the bottom of their hearts, and immediately said: "Down there is Qin Xiao." ”

"So young." A night crow said with a smile: "You kid is very bold, did you stand up for Mencius Mo and assassinate the Zhen family's bullshit before?" There was a bit of affection for Qin Xiao in his tone.

Qin Xiao thought to himself that it seemed that many people knew about this, and said with a smile: "It's not bold, it was also impulsive at that time." ”

"If a young person is not impulsive, he is not a young person." Night Raven laughed, "You're a good kid. He pointed inside: "Hurry in, the general has orders, if you arrive, go in and see him directly, and you don't need to report it." ”

Qin Xiao bowed his hand respectfully to both of them, and then entered the courtyard.

The courtyard was very large, and unlike other places, it was overgrown with trees and dense shade, but all the trees were as tall as spears, piercing into the sky.

There were several houses on the edge of the forest, Qin Xiao walked over slowly, and saw a person carrying a small wooden bucket, and a wooden scoop in the other hand, scooping water from the bucket and watering a few newly planted saplings.

He was wearing a dark gray cotton robe, simple and simple, over fifty years old, but there was no sign of a camel on his back, as if he noticed Qin Xiao coming, his watering hand paused for a moment, looked up, Qin Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Qin Xiao greets the general!" ”

He really didn't expect that General Kuroba would be dressed like this, let alone that he would water the trees himself.

The general stood up and said with a smile: "You came just in time, you can water the rest, the new seedlings that have just been planted, you can't do it without watering." Putting down the wooden barrel and handing over the wooden scoop, Qin Xiao hurriedly reached out to take it, while the general held his waist, walked to the side, and sat down on a big stone.

Qin Xiao watered carefully, the general looked at it, and instructed: "That sapling doesn't need to be watered, the next one, don't be too far at the roots, and water some to the side." He spoke in a kind tone, like an elder teaching his children and grandchildren to do something very important.

"Now it is a sapling, as long as you take care of it, in a few years, it will be the same as other trees, towering to the sky." The general's voice was gentle: "What do they think of the soldiers in the battalion being incorporated into the Duhu Army?" ”

Qin Xiao hurriedly said: "They are all very happy, saying that if they have the opportunity to serve the country, they will be loyal to the court." ”

"It's good to think like that." The general said: "Serving the country is naturally important, but what matters is the villagers and elders in Xiling, and they need to stand up and protect them." ”

"Yes!"

The general looked up at the sky before he said, "Do you have that jade pendant with you?" ”

"Jade pendant?" Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment and turned his head, but immediately reacted, hurriedly put down the wooden scoop, took out the tiger head jade pendant that Han Yunong had given him from his arms, stepped forward, and handed it to the general with both hands.

Meng Zimo is a night crow, so Han Yunong can almost conclude that he is also a night crow.

When the general mentioned the jade pendant, Qin Xiao didn't react at first, but instantly thought of the tiger head jade pendant that Han Yunong gave him.

This jade pendant, he has always carried on his body.

The general didn't take it, but said, "I've finished pouring the water." ”

Qin Xiao saw that the general didn't accept it, so he could only re-collect it himself, and continued to water the saplings in the past, only to hear the general say slowly: "When Han Yunong handed over the jade pendant to you, he naturally didn't tell you the origin of this jade pendant. Such a jade pendant, a total of thirty, was made by the saint in the palace of the sage, used to reward the thirty black-feathered night crows who attacked the king's tent at night, and the saint also had a decree at that time, holding this jade pendant, you can avoid a capital crime. ”

Qin Xiao was stunned, he knew that this jade pendant was not simple, but he didn't expect that it was actually a gift from the palace, and it could even avoid death.

"But I ask the saint to take back his ordination." The general picked up a leather bag on the side, opened the stopper, poured a mouthful of his head up, wiped his mouth very casually, and then continued: "The night crow reports the national merit, it is a matter of duty, it eats the grain cultivated by the common people, and receives the taxes paid by the people, so naturally it is necessary to take on the responsibility of protecting the land and defending the people, and there is no reason to avoid the death penalty because of this." The ancients said that the prince committed the same crime as the common people, and if the night crow committed a capital crime, he would naturally be punished according to the law, and the law of the empire should not be broken just because he was a meritorious man. ”