At this time, Du Gu Qiu got up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has received accurate news that Guo Song led the army to annihilate 20,000 Jingyuan troops in Wutingchuan, leaving no prisoners, and killing them all, and the rebels were finally severely punished, which makes people raise their eyebrows."

Although Guo Song did not enter the king of Shuqin and continued to return to Hexi to garrison the border, he had meritorious service to Sheji, and he was the only envoy in the Guanlong region who did not accept the puppet dynasty's recruitment, and hoped that His Majesty could publicly commend Guo Song and let Guo Song know that the court had not forgotten him. ”

Li Shi glanced at Xue Xun and said with a slight smile: "Xue Aiqing, your son-in-law makes me hate and love it!" Why did he refuse to enter the king of Sichuan Qin? ”

Xue Xun served as the governor of Chengdu before, and he was promoted to the doctor of the third grade of Jin Ziguanglu because of his meritorious service, and he was crowned the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time served as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the Ministry of Rites, which was also his luck, if he served in other state capitals, I am afraid that there would be no chance of promotion.

Xue Xun hurriedly got up, and said with sincere fear: "Your Majesty, Guo Song led the army to annihilate the Jingyuan Army, rejected the puppet dynasty, and accepted His Majesty's canonization, which shows that he is still loyal to His Majesty. ”

Li Shi suddenly became interested and asked, "What is his problem?" ”

"Weichen received a letter from his daughter's family before, and the letter briefly mentioned that it seems that Guo Song wants to inherit Guo Xin's will and recover Anxi and Beiting, maybe this is his ambition."

Li Shi is most interested in Anxi and Beiting now, it is too far away, Guo Song does not want to enter the King of Sichuan Qin, he has no choice, the key is that Guo Song does not surrender to the puppet dynasty, he wants to toss Beiting and Anxi, just let him be!

"I know, Guo Aiqing is loyal and patriotic, and he is completely rebellious, and I will commend him for his merits."

.........

Li Shi still publicly promulgated the will, in recognition of the outstanding performance of Guo Song in Guanzhong in Hexi Jiedu, and his resolute refusal not to descend the integrity of the puppet dynasty, the imperial court officially canonized him as the king of Zhangye County, opened the palace with the three divisions, crowned the crown prince and young master, and protected the capital of the northwest court of Anxi.

At the same time, there are also Hun Xuan, Li Sheng, Ma Lu, Ge Shuyao, Liu Qia and others, all of whom were named the king of the county, which is also Shuo Fang Jiedu made Cui Kuan accept the resealing of the Chang'an court, and Li Huaiguang accepted the resealing of the Taiyuan court, Li Shicai finally woke up, if he is no longer a small family and refuses to reseal these military leaders who master heavy troops, I am afraid that they will be won over by Chang'an one by one.

Xue Xun, his wife Han and son Xue Qing lived in Zhang Lei's mansion in Chengdu, his original official residence covered an area of 20 acres, but there were too many officials who fled to Chengdu to settle down, so he gave up his official mansion and divided it into ten small mansions covering an area of two acres, which were given to ten officials to live in, and he himself moved to Zhang Lei's mansion to live.

In fact, this is also to keep Zhang Lei's mansion, the imperial court is cleaning up the empty house in Chengdu, forcibly requisitioned into an official residence, if you don't live in it, you will definitely be forcibly requisitioned, of course, this is also Zhang Lei's own meaning, he asked Xue Xun to move over several times, but Xue Xun refused, but now the situation is tense, Xue Xun no longer refuses.

Xue Xun returned to the mansion and played with his two-year-old son Xue Qing for a while, and his wife Han asked worriedly: "Master, I heard that the Chang'an Imperial Court is confiscating the property of officials who fled south, will our mansion in Chang'an be confiscated?" ”

Xue Xun smiled slightly: "I haven't had time to transfer the house yet, it's still in the name of our son-in-law, let's put it this way!" The son-in-law's property in Chang'an, including houses, shops, manors, etc., Zhu Zhu will not move, I heard that Chang'an also issued a decree to ban grain winemaking, as if he was cherishing grain, but in fact he was currying favor with his son-in-law, and Hexi's wine would occupy the entire Guanlong market. ”

"I heard from the housekeeper that the son-in-law has also been crowned the king of the county, so isn't our daughter the princess?"

Xue Xun laughed and said, "This is the creation of the times!" A few years ago, I was still a six-grade petty official, and I didn't even have the money to pay the rent, it's only been a few years, and I'm now a third-grade purple gold Guanglu doctor, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, do you want to get it? ”

Han's heart was overjoyed, and he still pretended to be disdainful and said: "It's not that I have the vision and chose the right son-in-law, otherwise you would have today?" ”

Xue Xun can't do anything with his wife, now everything is reversed, and it has become her own obstruction of her daughter's marriage, she is trying her best to fulfill it, and her daughter has this marriage, but as long as the family is harmonious, this black pot will be carried by herself!

At this time, the housekeeper reported in the courtyard, "Master, Dugu Xiangguo is coming to visit!" ”

Xue Xun hurriedly got up and said, "Invite him to the Guike Hall, I'll be here right away!" ”

Han Shi said strangely: "Master, why did Dugu Xiangguo come?" ”

"I don't know, but he's a distinguished guest, so don't slack off."

Xue Xun hurriedly changed his clothes and hurried to the front yard.......

In the atrium, I am alone in autumn and admire a centuries-old ginkgo tree, the ginkgo leaves are already yellow, and the golden leaves have fallen to the ground, and the color is extraordinarily gorgeous.

"Let Dugu Xiangguo wait for a long time!" Xue Xun hurriedly walked over.

Du Gu Qiu smiled and said: "I found that Xue Shangshu's mansion is probably the largest among the hundred officials, and this mansion is at least twenty acres!" ”

Xue Xun smiled bitterly and said, "This is a friend's house, I just borrowed it." ”

Dugu Qiu smiled slightly, "I know, it's the mansion of the proprietor Zhang, and I won't tell you that the manor I live in now also asked him to buy it." ”

The Dugu family has a large population, and there is no suitable house in the city, so they can only look for a manor outside the city, and it just so happens that Zhang Lei sent a letter to him, willing to sell him a manor of fifty hectares outside the city, in order to thank him for guarding him out of the customs.

The two laughed, and Xue Xun invited Duqiu to sit in the Guike Hall.

The two sat down separately, the maid served them tea, and Xue Xun asked with concern: "The Zhu thief is perverse in Chang'an, and the property of the Dugu family has suffered a great loss!" ”

Dugu Qiu nodded, "The Dugu family's house and three manors in Chang'an have been confiscated, but this is in my expectation, I have taken advantage of the chaos in Guanzhong to arrange for my brother to lead two thousand Zhuang Ding to transfer the wealth of the Dugu family from Shangluo Road to Xiangyang, and prepare to take a boat from Zigui to Shu." ”

"I heard that the Dou family has also evacuated Chang'an safely."

Dugu Qiu smiled and said: "Several big families of the Guanlong nobles have their own secret warrior organizations, the Yuan family's Heavenly Eagle Guard, the Dou family's Northern Dragon Guard, the Dugu family's Flying Fox Guard, and the Changsun family's Southern Sword Guard, which were originally part of Wu Zetian's Plum Blossom Internal Guard, after the disbandment of the Plum Blossom Internal Guard, a part of the major families remained, this is the last protective force of the major families, and they will not be used easily, and they will only be used at the most critical moments, so although the property is lost, people will generally be fine." ”

"This is the essence of a century-old family!"

Xue Xun couldn't help but sigh, "The family still has a heritage, where is the heritage of Datang?" I don't know when we will be able to recover Chang'an and restore Datang Sheji? ”

Dugu Qiu took a sip of tea and said, "I think it's difficult!" ”

Xue Xun was stunned, "What does Xiangguo mean by this?" ”

"I'll tell you something for my virtuous brother, the Baifeng Manor next to Dujiangyan, the virtuous brother is Chengdu Mansion Yin, you should know it!"

Xue Xun nodded, "I know, it is one of the three major manors in Chengdu Mansion, and the owner is very mysterious, called Wei Jiuchao, I don't know who it is?" ”

Dugu Qiu sneered, "Brother Xian can not know, but I know very well, the manor of the Yuan family, the old Wei Dynasty refers to the Yuan family, and now now, the owner of the manor is Huo Xianming, does Brother Xian understand?" ”

Xue Xun was taken aback, "Could it be that Huo Xianming and the Yuan family are colluding?" ”

"This is obvious, Huo Xianming doesn't do things for the Yuan family, and the Yuan family will give him this manor? Now that the Yuan family controls the crown prince's ascension to the throne in Taiyuan, they can do this, and Huo Xianming has contributed a lot. ”

Xue Xun was stunned for a long time and said, "But what does this have to do with the restoration of Chang'an?" ”

Du Gu Qiu sighed softly: "Yesterday I told the Son of Heaven about this, I thought that Huo Xianming would at least be killed with a rod, but I didn't expect that he was still a privy envoy today, and there was nothing at all, I just inquired about the news, and I learned that Huo Xianming had dedicated this manor to the Son of Heaven as the emperor's house, and cried again, it seems that the Son of Heaven not only blamed him, but pampered him even more." ”

Xue Xun was speechless for a while, and said alone: "Lu Qi committed such a serious crime, which aroused the anger of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and he was only demoted by half a level, and continued to be the prime minister, the Son of Heaven listened to the traitor and favored the eunuchs, does the virtuous brother think there is any hope for recovering Chang'an?" ”

Xue Xun smiled bitterly for a while: "As a courtier, I don't want to comment on the Son of Heaven. ”

"I can understand that the virtuous brother is from a professional class, and he really can't comment as wantonly as I am, the Dugu family has lasted for nearly two hundred years, and it has its own way of survival, not to mention this matter, I came to find the virtuous brother today, in fact, I have something else to ask for."

"Dugu Xiangguo is too polite, please say!" Xue Xun didn't dare to promise, he knew that it would be a big deal to ask for himself as a lonely Qiu.

"Actually, I want to have a relationship with my virtuous brother."

Xue Xun was stunned, and said for a while: "But my son is only two years old." ”

Dugu Qiu smiled slightly, "I don't mean the son of the virtuous brother, but I want to ask Princess Xue for her approval, so that the daughter of my Dugu family can also marry into the Guo Mansion as a partial concubine." ”