The Xue family quarreled at dinner, and Xue Xun rarely got so angry, "What is the first time he came to the door, he has been here twice, don't you know?" I drove him out with a broom, he was a despicable villain, if you were sick, I was looking forward to your death all day long, how did you feel, he was such a person, he told me that his sick wife would not live for a few days, and you still praised him like a flower. ”

Han's face flushed and argued: "That's not the same thing, his wife was arranged by the family, he doesn't like it at all, but he has a deep love for Tao'er, he has been infatuated for more than a year, I can see that he really likes Tao'er." ”

Xue Xun was so angry that he almost fainted, how could his wife be so stupid?

"Wake up! He is the grandson of the Yuan family, his marriage represents the interests of the family, and he will marry the daughter of a petty official with no background? He wants Na Taoer to be a concubine, do you understand? ”

"But he promised me that he would definitely marry Mingmei."

"Ming Media is marrying and marrying a concubine, and after living for such an old age, you don't even understand this?"

"Don't talk about it!"

Xue Tao next to him stood up and said very firmly: "Whether it's a wife or a concubine, if you kill me, I won't marry him, mother, if you force me again, I will hang myself by hanging myself, if you don't believe it, just try it, I will do what I say!" ”

After speaking, she turned around and returned to her room, Han Shi was so angry that she slapped the table, "This daughter is raised for nothing, I can easily give her a good family affair, she actually treats her mother like this, her conscience was eaten by a dog!" ”

Xue Xun also snorted heavily, ignored his wife, and got up to go to the study.

Han Shi was so angry that he wiped his tears and said, "What have I done, aren't I all for the good of this family?" Isn't it just to find a good husband for your daughter? He is a jade sword boy! I can't find it with a lantern, and you still don't like it. ”

At this time, Xue Xun appeared at the door again and said coldly: "I forgot to tell you, I have been appointed as Governor Jian this morning, and I will leave for my post in five days, you start packing your things!" ”

Han Shi suddenly put his daughter's matter behind him, and asked nervously, "Master, is this a dethronement or a good thing?" ”

"Not bad, isn't it? At first, he was appointed as the commander of Songzhou, which was degraded, and later the prince intervened, so he was reappointed as the governor of Jian, which was a rich land in Bashu. ”

Han's heart was put down, and he asked again: "Then what should we do about our house?" ”

"Let's keep it open for now! Don't rent it out, maybe you'll come back for the New Year, and you'll have a place to live. ”

"Daddy, how many years do you have to stay in Bashu?" Xue Tao ran out and asked.

Xue Xun smiled slightly, "It's usually a four-year term, Tao'er, you can rest assured!" Can't delay you. ”

Xue Tao's face flushed, "What nonsense is Daddy talking about?" That's not what I meant. ”

Han's whole mind went to Bashu, and she couldn't take care of her daughter for a while, she said: "Are we going to hire a few martial artists to escort us, I heard that Bashu has been a little unsafe in recent years." ”

"This ..... I went to ask the prince to see if he could arrange it, and the external martial artists were not reliable. ”

Xue Tao said: "There is no need to hire, Mrs. Zhang Dongzhu said that we will arrange a martial artist with high martial arts skills for our family, I heard that one person can defeat dozens of people." ”

Han exclaimed, "How expensive is that!" We can't afford it. ”

"Don't want us to pay, the treasure pavilion burden, and arrange a female escort for me, all expenses are also the burden of the treasure pavilion, maybe tomorrow."

When Han heard that she didn't want them to pay for her salary, she quickly nodded and agreed, "They came just in time to escort us to Bashu." ”

At this moment, the housekeeper walked over briskly and said, "Master, Mrs. Zhang Dongzhu is here." ”

Xue Tao hurriedly greeted him, only to see Li Wenyu standing in the courtyard, followed by two people, an extremely majestic Sogdian man, Xue Tao knew him, it was Kang Bao.

Another little lady, Xue Tao was stunned for a moment, isn't she Guo Lang's little maid Xiaoyu Niang? Guo Lang didn't say that she was in Fengzhou, why did she appear?

Xiao Yu Niang stepped forward to give a blessing gift, "See Miss Xue!" ”

She changed her dress, wearing a red samurai uniform and a sharp sword on her back, which looked a little heroic.

Kang Bao stepped forward and knelt down, "Kang Bao greets the master mother!" ”

Xue Tao's pretty face suddenly swollen red, and he secretly glanced back, fortunately, his parents just came over, so they shouldn't have heard it.

Li Wenyu was so angry that he knocked on his head, "How did I explain to you, and I forgot about it?" ”

Kang Bao scratched his head embarrassedly, Xue Tao was gentle and beautiful, except for the lord, no one was worthy of her, Kang Bao had already regarded her as his housemother in his heart.

Xue Tao said softly: "Uncle Kang, please get up, I will call you Uncle Kang in the future!" ”

At this time, Xue Xun and his wife Han came over, and saw that Kang Bao was like a half-cut black tower, both of them were startled, Xue Xun knew in his heart, this must be the guard arranged by Guo Song to protect his daughter, only he would think so thoughtfully, although he was enlightened, he was silent.

Although Han was a little afraid of Kangbao, she was even more afraid that Shuzhong would not be safe, with such a burly man to follow, she was also a little more at ease, as for who sent it, she didn't care, she was more concerned about who would bear the expenses of the guards, since the Treasure Pavilion was willing to bear it, she couldn't ask for it.

Li Wenyu said with a smile: "I heard that Master Xue was appointed as the governor of Jian, my husband was afraid that the road would not be safe, so he handed over the strongest warrior of our Treasure Pavilion to you, his name is Kang Bao, we all call him Lao Kang, you just call him Lao Kang, his martial arts are few comparable in Chang'an, Lao Kang, show your hand to Miss Xue and them." ”

Kang Bao saw that there was a Taihu Lake stone next to him, weighing a thousand catties, he stepped forward and shouted with both arms, "Get up!" ”

He actually lifted the thousand-pound Taihu Lake stone high, and the courtyard suddenly burst into applause.

At this time, Li Wenyu secretly stuffed a 5,000 taels of silver counter ticket and half a piece of jade to Xue Tao, and laughed in a low voice: "This is given to you by your Guo Lang, Chengdu Tianbao Cabinet Workshop, take money with this half of jade." ”

.........

Guo Song saw a thousand secret troops who followed him to the Central Plains on Ba, and as he expected, these thousand people were all subordinates transferred from Fengzhou, and Li Yu, the son of heaven, was very thoughtful, and he was worried that it would be difficult to integrate the people drawn from various armies in a short period of time, which would affect the effect of sending troops, so he secretly ordered to transfer 1,000 people from Fengzhou Army into Beijing.

This thousand people were led by the Lang general Liang Wu, and there were three captains, Yao Jin, Ma Weijiang and Su Datong, all of whom were the henchmen who followed Guo Song to Anxi, and in addition, the prince Li Shi arranged for them to join the army with an experienced old official, Xu Jingnan.

Xu Jingnan is about forty years old, a native of Yingzhou, not a professional background, has been in Jingzhao Mansion for a long time to join the army, very shrewd and capable, Li Shi also found that he was very capable by chance, so he left him in the East Palace to engage, this time Guo Song was ordered to go out of Beijing, Li Shi decided to give Xu Jingnan a chance to make meritorious contributions.

In the big tent, Guo Song gently stroked his Fang Tian painting halberd, and asked Liang Wu again: "Who is in charge of Fengzhou now?" ”

Liang Wu bowed and said: "Returning to the envoy, the army is led by Li Ji, and the military affairs are in charge of Xue Changshou, he was appointed by the Son of Heaven as the governor of the Three Towns Jingluo Prefecture, in addition, Yulin County ordered Zhao Zhiwu to serve as the governor of Fengzhou, and Yulin County ordered Cao Wannian to take over, and everyone is currently waiting for Guo Shu to take office." ”

Guo Song nodded, these appointments were obviously made by the Son of Heaven to appease himself, promote his henchmen, and allow him to go to the Central Plains with peace of mind.

He then said to a soldier: "Go and ask Xu to join the army to come to the big tent!" ”

After a while, Xu Jingnan hurriedly walked over and saluted: "See the envoy!" ”

Guo Song unfolded a map of the Central Plains and said to the two: "This time we have two missions to the Central Plains, one is to take Li Lingyao's life, which is a dead mission, and the other task is to keep the Caoyun line, this is not only our task, but also the main task of all the imperial court troops, we are involved in assisting, so after the first task is completed, the follow-up things will be decided by ourselves, how to do it, I can't say now, we can only decide on the spot." ”

Liang Wu asked, "Then in what capacity should we go to the Central Plains?" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "We can't go to the Central Plains as the imperial army, but the appearance of a thousand people in the Central Plains will definitely attract attention, I discussed with His Royal Highness the Prince, and finally decided that we will appear in the Central Plains as thieves." ”

Liang Wu was stunned, and asked for a while, "Are there thieves in the Central Plains?" ”

Guo Song pointed to the map and said: "There is a bandit in Funiu Mountain in Dengzhou, the leader is called Li Hanhui, who was originally the wife and brother of the rebel general Zhou Guangzhi, Zhou Guangzhi was killed by Guo Ziyi in the sixth year of the calendar, Li Hanhui led more than 100 people to flee into Funiu Mountain, and in the past few years, thousands of thieves have been gathered, robbing homes and houses, endangering the place, the government has failed to suppress bandits several times, we must first exterminate this bandits, and then pretend to be them to Xuzhou, and then wait for the opportunity to move. ”

"But after arriving in Xuzhou, where will we stay?" Liang Wu asked again.

Next to Xu Jingnan suggested: "Xuzhou is basically a plain, there is no good place to stay, I suggest that it is better to go to Wagang Mountain in Huazhou, which is a good place to stay." ”

Guo Song looked at the map, Wagang Mountain is good, it is relatively close to Song Bian, and it is the only way for Tian Chenghe's army to go south, he said happily: "It's so decided, go to Dengzhou first, and then go to Wagang Mountain." ”