At dawn, a dove fluttered up, circled twice in the air, and flew westward, when a huge black shadow appeared above its head, and the pigeon was so frightened that it fled into the wilderness, but it flew out less than a hundred feet before it was seized by the claws of the giant eagle.

Guo Song got up a little late today and was having breakfast in the dining hall, when there was a faint noise in the backyard, Guo Song was stunned, "What's going on?" ”

Xue Tao, who was sitting opposite Guo Song, put down his chopsticks and said, "I'll take a look!" ”

"Don't worry about it, it shouldn't be a big deal, there is something housekeeper will come to report."

As soon as Guo Song's voice fell, he saw Steward Yang's mother-in-law running over and saying, "Madam, the fierce son has caught another one." ”

"Caught what? Guo Song asked puzzled.

Xue Tao smiled bitterly and said: "Since yesterday afternoon, Mengzi has been constantly catching birds in the city, we feed it with fish and mutton, it is not actually hungry, but it can't see other birds flying in the sky, mainly pigeons, yesterday has caught four, the dead pigeon was thrown under the big tree it perches, today this one should be the fifth." ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "This guy has always been very domineering, after it appeared in Qujiang, there was not a single rare bird left in Furong Garden, and it was also in Fengzhou, all the pigeons in Jiuyuan City were captured by it." ”

Butler Yang said, "This pigeon is a little strange today, and there is a thin tube tied to its foot. ”

Guo Song was stunned and immediately stood up, "Where is the pigeon?" Give it to me right away. ”

"It's over the tree!"

Guo Song pushed away the couch and immediately walked to the backyard, he was very dissatisfied and said to Steward Yang's mother-in-law: "This kind of thing must be reported to me immediately, do you know?" ”

Steward Yang's wife nodded in fright, and Xue Tao caught up and asked, "Husband, what's the matter?" ”

"The fierce son is catching carrier pigeons, there must be major military information in it, and all four pigeons were found for me yesterday."

Xue Tao hurriedly instructed Steward Yang to look for yesterday's pigeons.

Guo Song soon came to the back garden, only to see the fierce man standing on the tree with a lonely expression, and a dead gray pigeon on a big stone under the tree, Guo Song stepped forward to take a closer look, and there was indeed a thin tube tied to his leg, he took off the thin tube, which was actually a roll of paper rolled into a thin tube.

"Did the four pigeons from yesterday have such thin tubes on their legs?" He turned back to a few maids.

Several maids shook their heads, "None!" ”

At this time, Steward Yang's wife came running with a wooden box, which contained the four pigeons caught by Mengzi yesterday, but fortunately they had not been buried.

Guo Song looked at it, they were all ordinary pigeons, he threw today's pigeon corpses into the box, and said to Steward Yang's mother-in-law: "In the future, if the fierce son catches the pigeon or other birds, as long as there is something tied to the leg, you must notify me immediately!" ”

"Rest assured, I remember!"

Guo Song opened the scroll of paper, which was densely filled with words, all of which were Sogdian that he couldn't understand, Xue Tao stepped forward and looked at it: "This is Sogdian, there are many people in Chang'an who know it, or let Kang Bao see it." ”

One sentence reminded Guo Song that Zhangye was the bridgehead for the Sogdians to enter Chang'an, and there were many Sogdians in the city, and there must be people in the government who knew him.

He immediately said to Xue Tao: "I'm out, I may come back later today, and you don't have to wait for me for dinner." ”

Xue Tao also knew that Fujun had just arrived in Ganzhou, and there must be a lot of things, so he nodded and said, "Fujun be careful!" ”

Guo Song cleaned up a little, and then walked out quickly, opposite his mansion was the governor's mansion, and next to it was the county office, the two official mansions were close together, and Guo Song came directly to the county office.

The county government had the most dealings with Sogdian merchants, and Guo Song came directly to the county government.

The area under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou is vast, including the Juyanhai in the north is also under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou, but the Juyanhai has been occupied by the Shatuo people, although the jurisdiction is vast, but there are only two county towns in Ganzhou, Zhangye County in the north and Jiedan County in the south.

At present, the county order of Zhangye County has been transferred to Longyou by the imperial court, and the new county order is Cao Wannian, the order of Yulin County, who was transferred to Ganzhou by Guo Song, but Cao Wannian has not yet taken office, and the government affairs of the county are managed by Yu Xude, the county Cheng.

Hearing that the governor came to the county office, the county Cheng Yu Xude hurriedly came out to greet him, "I don't know if the governor is coming, and I will miss my humble position!" ”

Guo Song smiled and asked, "Is there anyone in the county government who is familiar with Sogdian writing?" ”

"Yes! Of course, the governor invited him to sit down in the back hall, and he immediately found someone. ”

Guo Song sat down in the inner hall, and after a short time, Yu Xiancheng brought a man, this person was a tax collector, about forty years old, who specialized in dealing with Sogdian merchants and was proficient in Sogdian and Sogdian languages.

The tax collector bowed and saluted, "The villain Jiang Shaoyou sees the governor!" ”

Guo Song handed him the small scroll of paper and said, "What is the meaning of the words on this scroll, you translate it directly." ”

The tax collector took the scroll of paper, opened it and read it: "The Tang army has increased its elite soldiers by 10,000 and a large amount of military resources, and the governor Guo Song has shot Zhu Xie Weiming. ”

The tax collector read it again and said, "The Governor of Qiyu seems to be full of pieces of paper, but in fact this is the content. ”

Yu Xiancheng's face next to him changed, this is the internal response of the Sogdians acting as the Shatuo army!

"Governor, who is this fornicating with the enemy army?" Yu Xiancheng asked urgently.

Guo Song shook his head, "Actually, I don't know, this is my falcon caught a carrier pigeon this morning, and the carrier pigeon has this note tied to its leg, so I came to you to learn about the situation of the Sogdians." ”

Yu Xiancheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at the tax collector, who had never counted the situation of the Sogdians, so he saw if the tax collector could relieve him of the siege.

The tax collector also nodded a little, and hurriedly said: "Governor Qiyu, most of the Sogdian merchants have withdrawn to Liangzhou, and there are indeed a small number of Sogdian merchants in the city, but the specific position is not clear.......

Yu Xiancheng hurriedly said: "Please give us two days, and we will definitely investigate the situation of the Sogdians." ”

Guo Song nodded, "It's okay to investigate, but be careful not to startle the snake!" ”

"There will be plenty of excuses for being lowly."

Guo Song immediately left the county office, although last night An Rengui pledged his allegiance to himself and exposed the dissatisfaction of the other three lieutenant generals, but Guo Song was not in a hurry to start rectifying the army in the past two days, on the one hand, he wanted to hide the fact that An Rengui was loyal to himself, and it would make people suspicious to do it today, and the effect would be better every two days.

On the other hand, he also had to give the other generals some time to consider, if Li Hui or Yu Hu also decided to be loyal to him, he could also give them a chance, and Guo Song did not want to take measures to purge him unless he had to.

.........

In an elegant room on the third floor of the Yumen Restaurant, Yu Hu handed a letter to Zhang Liang, "This is a quick letter sent by Wang Dudu from Daizhou, asking us to keep an eye on Guo Song and not allow him to dwell on the previous affairs, and he promised to transfer us to Daizhou as Zhonglang General." ”

Zhang Liang took the letter and read it, his brows furrowed slightly, "Wang Dudu also seems to realize that Guo Song wants to turn over his old case?" ”

"Guo Song has always liked to step on other people's positions, he wants to show himself, and he wants to win people's hearts, he will definitely point the finger at Wang Dudu, this is something you don't have to think about, of course Wang Dudu can guess."

"But we can't stop it! He will not listen to our persuasion. ”

Yu Hu took a sip of wine and said coldly: "There is no way, if he wants to gain a foothold in Ganzhou, he must obey the dissuasion of the generals, as long as we contact more people to oppose it, I don't believe that he will take the risk of pushing it." ”

Zhang Liang nodded, this seemed to be the only feasible way.

Yu Hu took out the oath prepared in advance, and put it in front of Zhang Liang together with pen and ink and ink, Zhang Liang was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said slowly: "If you want to sign, I guess most people will not agree, after all, everyone is giving us face, if you really want them to do it against the new governor, I'm afraid few people are willing." ”

Yu Hu said coldly: "I don't care about others, but you must sign and draw, the two of us are grasshoppers on a rope." ”

........

Yu Hu was the first to find Zhonglang General Li Hui, his qualification is the oldest, as long as he insists on opposing it, everyone else will obey.

In the big tent, Li Hui drank tea and didn't speak for a long time, Yu Hu looked at him and said: "General Li, General Wang cleaned up Zhao Tengjiao's henchmen at the beginning, but in the end he left you behind, and when General Li was in charge of recruiting recruits, some accounts were not clear, we all know that Wang Dudu did not hold you responsible, you owe Wang Dudu a favor after all, at this time, General Li pretended to be deaf and dumb, which is chilling!" ”

Li Hui was helpless, so he had to sigh and said: "If everyone does not approve of the impeachment of Wang Dudu, I will also make it clear, so it's okay!" ”

"No way!"

Yu Hu said resolutely: "You are a Zhonglang general, you can't express your position behind the Lang generals, you must express your position in the front, so be it!" I'm the first, Zhang Liang is the second, and I hope General Li is the third to make a statement, how about it? I've done my best! ”

Under the pressure of the tiger's knife-like gaze, Li Hui finally had to reluctantly nod.