In mid-April, the dusty Lou Shide finally arrived in Longshang, but when he stayed at a post station more than ten miles away from Jincheng, Lanzhou, he ran into trouble.

"This master, it's really unfortunate that the Yizhong Guest Brigade is full. According to the order of His Royal Highness King Yong, all officials who can't stay at the post need to subsidize 2,000 yuan in the post, or choose to settle near the people's house, I don't know which arrangement the master will accept? ”

Hearing what the post official stepped forward, Rao is Lou Shide has a small temper, and he can't help but be angry at this time. All the way, dusty, hungry, about to go to the post to rest, but was turned away, no one can be happy.

He did not answer the officer's question, but rode around the post house, and saw that there were groups of Hu people coming in and out inside and outside, hooking shoulders one by one, shouting and shouting, words and deeds were arbitrary, and they did not know how to restrain themselves, which made the atmosphere of the whole post house seem a little smoky.

"Is it all Hu Zhong? What happened to Longyou recently? ”

Turning back to the main entrance of the post house, Lou Shide frowned and asked.

"It's only a recent thing for Hu Tu to stay in the house. As for what is happening, I really don't know what is going on. A few days ago, many households evacuated Shancheng and passed through here. In short, after the nobleman in Guanzhong ascended to Long, the situation in Longshang was different. As for whether it's good or bad, hey, we lowly people don't dare to peep, as long as we accept the order. ”

When the official heard this, he replied, and was not optimistic about these so-called changes, but he leaned closer and said to Lou Shide: "If the master is not extremely tired, he would still suggest that after taking the subsidized food and lodging money, he can go to Jincheng before sunset." Recently, Jincheng ......"

The official was still chattering, and suddenly a figure flashed on the side, stood aside and looked at it for a moment, and then stepped forward with a look of surprise and said, "Ambassador Lou has returned to Long?" ”

After Lou Shide heard this, he turned his head and looked at it, only to feel that the man was a little familiar, and then he heard the man introduce himself: "I am in Shancheng, I was appointed by the ambassador in the past, and today I am working here with Liu Sima." The ambassador, please wait, and then send someone to inform Liu Sima. ”

Soon after, Liu Youqiu, who was in charge of Jincheng's affairs, hurried over, and bowed his hand from afar: "A few days ago, I received the report of the battle of Hequ, and His Royal Highness King Yong ordered all the members to say that it was Lou Xianggong or not to ascend to Longlong, so that the lowly rank would be respectfully received. I was busy with other things before, and I didn't have time to greet him, so I asked for my forgiveness. ”

As he spoke, he instructed the people in the post house to quickly vacate a hall to receive Lou Shide. Ordinary officials crossing the border are naturally full, but this Liu Sima has been wandering around Jincheng every day, and his official authority is not weak, so the staff of the post house naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to prepare.

Lou Shide was not familiar with Liu Youqiu, after all, he had no contact before, and when he learned that his official residence was Sima in Shanzhou and he was from Yongwangmen, he had many doubts to ask. But there are many people in this realm, and they can only suppress the curiosity in their hearts for the time being.

There are indeed a lot of Hu people in the post house, there are more than 1,000 people inside and outside, in addition to living in the post house, there are many felt tents outside. Most of these Hu people are vulgar and rude, but after recognizing Liu Youqiu, their words and deeds suddenly became restrained and restrained, and some even came up to salute with unfamiliar movements.

Lou Shide took this scene in his eyes, and could see that Liu Youqiu had a lot of prestige in front of this Ganhu person, and he wanted to know that he should be a talent cadre who rose again in Longbian after he returned to the dynasty.

Of course he didn't know that just half a month ago, these Hu people didn't know about Liu Youqiu's character at all. The so-called prestige was established in a very short period of time after being appointed to manage the affairs of Fanhu Shiyi. Even several big leaders of the Hu tribe in Longbian vied with each other to lead the horses, and these ordinary Hu people naturally did not dare to be presumptuous in front of them.

When he entered the official hall, Liu Youqiu retired from the crowd, personally accompanied him at the banquet, and said with a smile: "I thought that Lou Xianggong should be able to arrive before the tenth day, and he also instructed the staff to leave. ”

"I have been in Xijing for a few days and have dealt with some miscellaneous matters."

Lou Shide felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, but he still replied quietly.

After communicating with Qi Ming, he came south, although he was very interested in King Yong, but he did not agree with King Yong's personal visit to Long. Therefore, he did not follow the people of Hequ to go directly to Longlong, but transferred to Chang'an to stay for a while.

To put it bluntly, there is still some hesitation in my heart, and I don't know whether I should go straight to King Yong. It wasn't until he saw that the order of Chang'an City had been restored well and the people's livelihood was in good order, that he felt that King Yong's Denglong was not thirsty for merit, and he still had some confidence.

During that time in Chang'an City, there were also some envoys from Shendu who contacted him and persuaded him to return to the court, but the general situation of the court revealed between the words of those people made Lou Shide a little unoptimistic.

After several trade-offs, he still decided to ascend to Long. Regardless of the question of King Yong or the emperor's heir, Longyou is the .asxs. of his work after all, especially the Heyuan Army has poured his efforts for many years. In the case of the obscure situation in the DPRK, only by returning here can he feel a little relieved.

After a brief meal, Lou Shide put down the tableware and asked, "So, His Royal Highness King Yong is in Heyuan?" What is the situation at the source of the river? On the way, many pedestrians moved away from Shanzhou, did they officially start a war with the state of Fan? ”

"His Royal Highness is sitting in Shancheng, and the war is still fighting for Chiling, laying out for the future, and it is almost the same. Lou Xianggong arrived at this time, just in time. As for the human situation in Longbian, there may be minor disturbances, but they are not enough to call it trouble. Especially in Shanzhou, the territory has settled down now. His Royal Highness is in the other realm, and everything is beneficial. ”

Liu Youqiu replied with a smile after hearing this.

Although Liu Youqiu's tone was relaxed, Lou Shide was not optimistic about it, he had been in Heyuan for a long time and knew a lot about the situation. At present, Longyou, whether it is the will of the monarch and the people, or manpower and material resources, it can be said that it is difficult to support a big war with Tibet.

Although King Yong is now divided into Shaanxi and Guanxi, Guannei is still in a recovery period, Hequ has just experienced the Turkic invasion, and Longyou here has been drained by the action of recovering the four towns of Anxi. King Yong is facing such a tired situation, how can he be easy.

Although he had worries in his heart, it was inconvenient for him to discuss it in front of Liu Youqiu, so he still left it in front of King Yong. After all, he chose to go to Long this time because he planned to tide over this difficult time with King Yong.

Lou Shide went to bed early that night, but the quality of rest was not very good, and while considering the situation in Heyuan, he was very noisy by the noise of the people outside the room.

At the same time, he also had a plan in his heart, after seeing Queen Yong, he still had to make a statement, and Longyou Hu Qing must pay attention to it, no matter how well he won or lost the battle with Tubo, these Hu tribes needed more strict and effective supervision.

The next day, before the sky was completely bright, Lou Shide got up early and prepared to rush to Heyuan as soon as possible to meet His Royal Highness King Yong. Liu Youqiu also had to take care of the affairs here in Jincheng, and only sent a group of attachés to follow.

The closer you get to Shancheng, the more abundant the scenery you see on the road, and the Hu people who come and go are full of wilderness. Although there were many Hu people in this area in the old years, but this time I revisited the old place, Lou Shide saw that the activity of the Hu people has increased several times compared with previous years.

In addition to the large and small Hu people's teams, there are also many chariots, horses, and camel teams, escorting all kinds of materials to Shancheng.

It seems that the faction is prosperous, but Lou Shide is even more worried about this, what is the situation in the Longyou Prefectures, he has a deep understanding, it is difficult to collect so many materials through conventional means. The reason for this scene must be that the looting efforts have been intensified.

While walking and watching, Lou Shide gradually had a guess, it seems that King Yong fought against Tubo quite hard this time. But to indulge the courage of all Hu is to drink water to quench thirst, and to increase the intensity of looting is to exhaust and fish.

After realizing this, Lou Shide's mood became even heavier. This victory or defeat is unknown, but the order of Longbian has been destroyed a lot, once it wins, it is fine, but if it loses again, it may trigger a series of chain reactions.

Could it be that the black tooth Changzhi is thirsty for military exploits, so he encourages King Yong to do this?

Previously, Lou Shide stayed in the pass for a period of time, and learned about some of the strategies of King Yong's governance of the pass, although he did not lose his courage, but he could still maintain restraint on the whole, and it was not in the style of Longshang at all.

As for the old colleague of Heizhi Changzhi, Lou Shide of course also knows a lot, and he is a rare genius in Huzhong, and Lou Shide often sighs in front of him. But after all, the black tooth Changzhi will be in trouble, and he was involved in the political turmoil in his early years and was almost killed, whether there will be any changes in doing things for others, Lou Shide can't be sure.

If it was really the trick of the black tooth Changzhi to bewitch King Yong to drink water to quench his thirst and fish with all his might, Lou Shide felt that he must persuade King Yong not to fight rashly, and in the face of the family and country plan, the old friendship with the black tooth Changzhi could only be put aside. The overall situation of Longyou and the future reputation of King Yong must not be used as a bargaining chip for his people to win merit!

"The lowly rank leans on the door and waits, and finally waits for Lou Gong to return to Heyuan?"

At the intersection of Shancheng field, there were already state officials waiting here, and several people who came to greet Lou Shide were his former members, and they were naturally excited and enthusiastic when they reunited after a long absence.

After seeing a few people, Lou Shide also showed a light smile on his face, but he quickly frowned, and after dismounting, he said in a deep voice: "After reminiscing about the old days, what is the current situation in Heyuan, and tell me in detail!" ”

Seeing Lou Shide's serious expression, the members didn't dare to slack off for a while, and they were busy answering. They are limited to their status or can't understand the full picture of King Yong's strategy, but in the past time, they have had various personal experiences, and there are many details when it comes to telling at this time.

Lou Shide listened, his frowning brows gradually relaxed, especially from the details explained by the old staff, after deducing some of the means of King Yong in raising military and controlling Qunhu, he couldn't help but sigh: "The famous king enters Long, God bless me in the Tang Dynasty!" If King Yong could have entered this realm earlier, how could he have become a disaster! The old man is stupid and sleepy, it's really ridiculous! ”