While the soldiers and officials of the Hexi Army were waiting for the blizzard to come, an unexpected figure arrived in Zhangye before the blizzard.

"Our family's name is Tian Wenxiu, and according to the usual practice, from today onwards, our family will officially serve as the Hexi Military Supervisor."

Tian Wenxiu is about thirty years old, with a baby face, thin eyes, a small nose and small eyes, not tall, and thin skin and tender flesh.

In the hall of the Jiedu Embassy in Hexi, more than 30 officials and dozens of senior generals were silent, although they all knew that the Son of Heaven was going to send the prison army to Hexi, but when the prison army really stood in the hall, it was still difficult for everyone to accept.

Tian Wenxiu didn't seem to care about everyone's inner resistance to him, and still said proudly: "The duty of the supervising army is to supervise the army, ensure that the army is loyal to the Son of Heaven, and not have two hearts, the supervising army also has the right to directly recall and punish generals and officials, and also has the right to ask the Son of Heaven to remove him from the post of the envoy of the festival, as long as everyone is loyal to the Son of Heaven and there is no transgression, I believe we will not have any contradictions, our family will also look for outstanding talents and generals, recommend to the Son of Heaven, and entrust them to be reused, I hope that in the days to come, We have a good time with you. ”

His speech ended, there was silence in the hall, Guo Song smiled faintly: "Tian Jianjun's words are worth pondering, alarming, please applaud!" ”

There was a round of applause in the lobby, Tian Wenxiu glanced at Guo Song, and said: "Our family still has a holy decree, Guo Song will take it!" ”

Guo Song was stunned, so he had to kneel down on one knee, Tian Wenxiu brushed open a holy decree, and said loudly: "The prison army has arrived, and the Hexi Jiedu makes it inappropriate for Guo Song to exercise the right of supervision, and he is specially removed from the post of the school inspector and the imperial historian, and the sword of Shangfang Tianzi is returned, which is held by the supervisor Tian Wenxiu, and according to the Tang Dynasty system, the Hexi Jiedu makes Guo Song must send his family back to Chang'an to settle down, Qin this!" ”

At this time, Changshi Pan Liao couldn't help but say: "Prison Army, please say a word to your humble position." ”

Tian Wenxiu glanced at him coldly, "Who are you?" ”

"In Shi Panliao, the governor of Xiaganzhou, the snowstorm in Hexi is approaching in the past two days, and it is difficult for pedestrians to walk an inch, and Guo Yuanjun's family is now unable to return to Chang'an, so please consider it as appropriate. ，”

"Pan Changshi!"

Guo Song quickly stopped him and waved his hand at him, "I will explain to the prison army, you don't have to say much!" ”

Zhang Qiu'an, who was in the army, gently pulled his clothes, Pan Liao sighed secretly in his heart, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Guo Song said to Tian Wenxiu at this time: "I will hand over the sword of the Imperial Seal Monk Fang Tianzi to the prison army." ”

He turned around and instructed Zhang Qianyi, Zhang Qianyi immediately went back to the room to get the sword seal, Tian Wenxiu stared at Pan Liao for a moment, and after a while, Zhang Qianyi took the sword seal and handed it to Guo Song.

Guo Song handed over the sword of the Son of Heaven and the imperial seal to Tian Wenxiu, and Tian Wenxiu asked the entourage eunuch to accept the sword seal, and then said with a dry laugh: "The holy meaning is that the family members of the envoy get up immediately, and we also understand that the weather is not good, but the holy will cannot be violated, and we can only grieve the wife of the envoy." ”

Just then, someone outside shouted, "A blizzard is coming!" ”

I only heard the sound of the wind outside the hall suddenly increase, and the wind swept in the blizzard, and for a while, the entire Zhangye City became a vast expanse.

Guo Song walked outside the hall, looked at the sky and said, "I really want to follow the holy will and send my wife to the capital, but the will of heaven is like this, and I can't help it." ”

He looked back at Tian Wenxiu, and said with a smile: "Does Tian Jianjun have to insist?" ”

Tian Wenxiu was a little dumbfounded, and after a while, he had to say helplessly: "Let's wait for the snowstorm to stop!" ”

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Tian Wenxiu underestimated the power of the blizzard in the Hexi Corridor, which lasted for two days and two nights, and when the sky cleared, the Hexi Corridor had become a snow-capped world, with snow up to the waist, and the city could still drive ox carts after shoveling snow, but it was difficult to move an inch outside the city, and even the farmers selling vegetables could not enter.

Fortunately, every household has stored grain, rice, pickles, frozen meat, firewood, charcoal, etc., and the people have begun a slow-paced life in winter.

The military camp temporarily stopped training, and the official office only operated for half a day, and there was no one in the official office after noon.

Tian Wenxiu's official residence was arranged in the east of the city, and it was also a mansion covering an area of 20 acres, and he brought more than 30 retinues, including eunuchs and guards, to live in the mansion with him, and the government arranged for more than a dozen subordinates to serve him.

In the study, Tian Wenxiu and Changshi Cui Wenjing sat together and drank tea, in Zhangye City, there were both Hexi Jiedu Embassy and Ganzhou Governor's Mansion, but the real power was in the hands of the Governor's Mansion, and the civil officials of the Jiedu Envoy Mansion only had Cui Wenjing, the long history, and other positions were concurrently held by the officials of the Governor's Mansion, and the power was far inferior to Shi Panliao, the governor of the Governor's Mansion, and Cui Wenjing was actually hollowed out.

Although he concurrently serves as the governor of Suzhou, the population of Suzhou is too small, there is basically no government affairs, and it is enough to have a county order, and military affairs are still in the hands of the Ganzhou Governor's Office.

Cui Wenjing is Yang Yan's person, after Yang Yan fell, he judged the situation and took refuge in Lu Qi, and he counted on Lu Qi to transfer him back to Chang'an, he really didn't want to stay in Hexi, a ghost place.

This time Tian Wenxiu came to Hexi, before leaving, Yuan Xuanhu explained to him that he could form an alliance with Cui Wenjing, and at the same time, Cui Wenjing also received a letter from Lu Qi, so there was a scene of two people sitting here drinking tea.

"Cui Changshi, can't you really go out of Hexi after this snow?"

Cui Wenjing said with a smile: "This is really not an excuse, the Hexi Corridor from the end of November to the beginning of January next year, basically difficult to move an inch, the year before last there was a caravan did not listen to persuasion, desperate to set off, but encountered a snowstorm halfway, two months later found their corpses, all frozen to death on the road, this is still lucky, keep the whole corpse, generally encounter wolves, gnaw all the bones." ”

Tian Wenxiu had goosebumps, snorted stupidly, he took a sip of tea, and asked, "Cui Changshi, what is the background of that Pan Liao?" ”

Tian Wenxiu has always been angry about Pan Liao speaking for Guo Song on the first day he took office.

Cui Wenjing perked up, and hurriedly said: "Pan Liao was the first to serve as a recorder to join the army, and was recommended by Zhao Tengjiao as the governor of the governor's mansion. ”

"So, he is a member of the Guanlong noble Zhao family?"

Cui Wenjing shook his head, "He can't be regarded as a member of the Zhao family, I have investigated him, he is actually a protégé of the Liangzhou An family, and now he is Guo Song's right-hand man." ”

"Settle down!"

Tian Wenxiu sneered, "Our family thought that it was the important minister in the court who supported him, and he dared to interrupt our family's announcement of his will, and he was impatient." ”

Cui Wenjing asked tentatively, "The prison army plans to take Pan Liao under the knife?" ”

"The new official has taken office with three fires, our family can't talk about any officials, but he also came to Hexi on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the people below are not convinced, so our family has to knock and knock, otherwise they really think that Hexi's surname is Guo?"

"The lowly office fully supports the exercise of the power of the prison army."

Tian Wenxiu glanced at Cui Wenjing, "Cui Changshi, his own family is also representing the Son of Heaven to supervise the army in Hexi, and there must be a reason to deal with officials, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"The prison army can rest assured, and the humble post guarantees that Pan Liao's materials will be put on the desk of the prison army within two days."

Cui Wenjing was secretly happy in his heart, Tian Wenxiu was going to take Pan Liao to operate, and he couldn't wait.

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In the afternoon, the figure of Mengzi appeared in the sky above Zhangye City, frightening the carrier pigeons and birds in the city to hide in the east, and the whole sky became empty, only Mengzi was flying alone.

However, it didn't want to show its royal demeanor, it had just come from Chang'an and brought Zhang Lei's letter.

Mengzi is now working part-time as a messenger, although he is reluctant and not very professional at the same time, and often takes long detours, sometimes running to Fengzhou to play a circle, and then turning back to Chang'an.

In addition, there is also a problem with the attitude of the fierce son, when the female eagle meets the eagle on the road, it will forget its responsibilities, fall in love and can't extricate itself, last year Guo Song received a letter from Zhang Lei Eagle five months ago.

However, safety can be guaranteed, and unless it thinks the letter box on its leg is in the way, no outsider will want to get the letter box from its leg.

After being criticized by Guo Song many times, Mengzi was angry and took the burden, but last month it returned to office, restrained a lot, did not delay on the road, and sent Chang'an's letter to Zhangye within two days.

Mengzi landed directly on the big tree outside Guo Song's study, 'Chirp-' It screamed twice, Guo Song came out of the study, and Mengzi fluttered his wings and landed on his shoulder.

"Good work!"

Guo Song touched its head and removed the letter from its leg.

The fierce son flapped its wings and flew towards the tree where it roosted, and it already smelled the smell of fresh fish.

Guo Song went back to the house and took out the letter, which contained three small paper rolls, one of which was slightly longer marked in red, indicating that it was very important.

He first looked at the other two scrolls, one of which said that Beifeng Zhenren had readily agreed to open the spring, and then Zhang Ye would become the master of Laojun Guanguan, and would bring ten apprentices.

The content of another paper scroll is that Zhang Leituo, the chief steward, bought 15,000 catties of sulfur in Bashu, which was also transported to Zhangye after the beginning of spring.

At this time, Guo Song slowly unfolded the long paper scroll marked red, and there was only one line of small characters in it, 'Tian Wenxiu's name before entering the palace was Yuan Xilang, and he was a slave of the Yuan family for generations. ’

Guo Song's eyes quickly shrank into a line, this news came too timely.