Li Xun sat on a chair, his eyes closed, his face with obvious tear stains, and a letter in his hand, which was written to him by Shan Qiu, and Li Xun had not yet opened it to read.

Ouyang Li stood quietly on the side, his expression sad, he wanted to speak several times, but looking at Li Xun's pale face, he couldn't say it in the end.

Sima Tu looked at Li Xun's appearance and sighed secretly, the chaos and weirdness of the political situation have exhausted Li Xun and his mental strength is unbearable, and now there is the bad news of the death of a single revenge, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to Li Xun, who was barely maintained.

"Lord, people can't be resurrected after death, you must take care of your health, otherwise Zhao Wei and Li Cunxiao will have no hope at all."

Sima Tu came to Li Xun's side and whispered comfort.

Li Xun opened his eyes, opened the letter, and looked carefully, before he left, he had an agreement with Shan Qiu that he would write at least three letters back every year, which was the first letter written by Shan Qiu after Li Xun returned to Fengjing.

In the letter, Shan Qiu mainly said three things.

First, after Li Xun left, Fan Zhongyun was modest, moderately governed, united the Western Regions aristocratic group, and gave those nobles who had a moderate attitude and were inclined to the Jin Dynasty, enough respect and power, as well as freedom, and successively introduced some preferential policies for the people at the bottom, and the situation in the Western Regions quickly stabilized, and came out of the shadow of war in a short time, greatly eliminating the estrangement and suspicion between the forces of the Western Regions and the Jin Dynasty, and laying a good foundation for future development and other plans.

Fan Zhongyun reminded Shan Qiu many times that he must be strict in governing the army, and he must be gracious and powerful to the countries of the Western Regions, and those who are obedient should try his best to win over and appease them, and as for those ambitious elements with ill intentions and dissenting ambitions, they must be severely purged and suppressed.

In this regard, Shan Qiu deeply agreed, and said that he was ready to select some innocent people to supplement the army among the people of the Western Regions.

Second, after Hammerezi, Ben Lahimmo and others repelled the army of the Persian Empire last year, they took advantage of the outbreak of military rebellion within the Persian Empire and had no time to take care of it, and took the opportunity to expand the fruits of the victory in the war, and took the land of the twenty-three states east of the Persian Empire in one fell swoop, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the original national territory of the Dashi Empire.

On the first day of March this year, with the support and support of the main generals in power in the army such as Hammerezi, Ben Lahimo, and Mahmoud, the younger brother of Aleppo, the last emperor of the Dashi Empire, and the only surviving royal family of the Dashi Empire, Basel, officially ascended the throne as emperor and restored the old country of Dashi.

In view of the fact that Hammerzi, Ben Lahimo and others are growing step by step, the situation in the entire eastern region is getting out of control, and the Persian Empire has ended the war of another powerful empire in its west, the Frost Moon Empire, at the cost of ceding huge benefits, and then, the Persian Empire's military peak moved eastward, and after a whole month of preparation, on the fifth day of the fourth month, the Persian Emperor Chessis officially issued a war order, with the crown prince Caligula as the governor and general, leading 60,000 infantry, 8,000 heavy armor troops, 5,000 heavy armored cavalry, and 23,000 light cavalry, A total of nearly 100,000 troops, once again conquered Hammererzi and Ben Lahimo.

When Shan Qiu wrote this letter, it was April 13, and the 100,000-strong army led by Caligula, the crown prince of the Persian Empire, had arrived in the eastern border of the Karang state, and Hammerezi led an army of 40,000 to defend the place.

In less than half a year, Emperor Zhao Xun has issued six orders in a row to transfer a large number of materials in the Western Regions, which has caused strong dissatisfaction among many people in the Western Regions.

At the end of the letter, Shan Qiu asked Li Xun if he could fight for a formal official position for Fan Zhongyun in the imperial court, so that he could exert his strength in the Western Regions, which would be justified and more convenient, as well as Suye City, the core of the Western Regions, which has always been the origin and weather vane of many major events in the Western Regions, whether it is geographical location or influence, it is extremely important.

After reading Shan Qiu's letter, Li Xun closed his eyes and held back his tears, he was killed by Yuwen Zhen, Yuwen Zhen could not kill Shan Qiu for no reason, and in terms of time, Yuwen Zhen arrived in the Western Regions, it was less than a month, such a short time, it was Yuwen Zhen who killed Shan Qiu, obviously the outbreak of contradictions between the two sides was not only fast, but also very deep, but in the letter, Shan Qiu did not mention a word, but worried about the future of the Western Regions everywhere, this is not only a single revenge, but not selfish, I also know that Yuwenzhen's status is prominent, he is Yuwenzhen's only son, the younger brother of the current queen, and he doesn't want to tell Li Xun about the contradictions and grievances between himself and Yuwenzhen, which will only make Li Xun in a dilemma, after all, whether the relationship between Li Xun and Yuwenzhen is good or bad, they are the closest people to the emperor, and the two belong to the same power group.

Li Xun gritted his teeth and asked, "How did Shan Qiu die, and why did Yu Wenzhen kill him?" ”

Ouyang Li looked at Li Xun and hesitated.

Li Xun opened his eyes and looked at Ouyang Li coldly, Sima Tu saw this and hurriedly said: "Ouyang Li, what do you say, don't have scruples, there are no outsiders here." ”

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Ouyang Li nodded, sighed deeply, and said: "Yuwen Zhen has a brutal personality, arrogant, just arrived in Longyou, and is still far away from the Western Regions, so he sent someone to notify the generals stationed in various parts of the Western Regions in advance, so that all the officers above the Zhonglang General will go out five hundred miles to Xiyue Country to wait for his arrival, and let them gather two million taels of silver and one million deniers of grain and grass within three days as his military resources. ”

When Li Xun heard this, he actually laughed, Yuwen Zhen only took 3,000 soldiers to the Western Regions, but he asked the officials and generals stationed in the Western Regions to gather 2 million taels of silver and 1 million deniers of grain and grass in just three days, such an act is not only arrogant, but also extremely greedy.

Li Xun said coldly: "Go on." ”

Ouyang Li continued: "Mr. Fan looked at this situation, knowing that Yuwen Zhen was not good, two million taels of silver, one million deniers of grain and grass, the amount was too huge, and in just three days, it would definitely not be completed, Yuwen Zhen's move was obviously to take advantage of this matter to establish authority, he was appointed by the imperial court as the Western Regions Transit Envoy, Suye Jie Du Envoy, set the military power in the central region of the Western Regions, as well as the financial and tax power of the entire Western Regions, before figuring out the situation, it is better not to offend, Therefore, Fan Zhongyun suggested borrowing some money and grain from the countries of the Western Regions, 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 deniers of grain, to give Yuwen Zhen an explanation and face. ”

Li Xun sighed and said, "Big Brother Shan will not agree. ”

Li Xun knows Shan Qiu's character and personality, Yuwen Zhen will never obey such actions, and before he left, he once explained that Fan Zhongyun was in charge of politics and the army in charge of the Western Regions, and most of the money and grain collected from all over the Western Regions were managed and preserved by Shan Qiu, and in terms of money and food, if Shan Qiu did not agree, Fan Zhongyun was powerless.