The sun rises in the east, and there is no cloud in the sky. It indicates that the day of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan is a sunny day.

Just after breakfast, Gao Jun rode the charcoal fire and galloped out of the gate of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion, and it was Feng Zheng who came out with him.

Feng Zheng had just been newly married to Yan'er, and his handsome face was a little more mature. When it got dark yesterday, Feng Zheng hurriedly rode a horse over, and it was Gao Yu who saw that his cousin had gone to Xizhou for three days and had no news, so he couldn't be relieved, so he sent Feng Zheng out to inquire about the situation.

Last night, Hu Cao Sun Xuan didn't have time to change his wet pants, and he completed the approval document asked for by the tall man overnight, and sent it to the back house of Guo's mansion with trepidation. It happened that Governor Guo Xiaoke came back from a business trip to Beiting, and was sitting and drinking with Taizhu Gao Shenxing, Liuzhong Pastoral Supervisor Gao Jun and others.

When Sun Xuan saw this high pastoral eunuch, he tried his best to hide his embarrassment and presented the official document to Guo Dudu. After seeing it, Governor Guo said, "Lord Sun has done a good job in this matter, and the demolition and construction of the ranch village is more meticulous than this official...... Well, in terms of roads in the village, the additions made by Lord Sun are very perfect. I didn't expect Master Sun to be so conscientious...... It's so late...... Why don't you sit down and have a drink together? ”

Sun Xuan peeked at Gao Jun and Mrs. Gao who was sitting beside him, the two of them looked as usual, and it seemed that they did not report the events of the day to Lord Guo, so they were a little relieved, and they couldn't help but be afraid for a while. If you delay for half a moment and let Master Guo catch up, you won't be so lucky!

Where did he dare to sit down to eat, but he replied that there was something else to do, and he withdrew. Guo Dudu said to Sun Xuan, "In the future, it is better for Lord Sun to represent the official and focus on the demolition and construction of the ranch village." If you have something, you can discuss it with Gao Jun, and if you are in a hurry, you can do it first and report it later. ”

Withdrawing from Master Guo, Sun Xuan wiped the sweat on his head and felt relieved. I didn't expect to be able to get a blessing in disguise this time, and I was praised by Lord Guo, and in the future, it is only right to help Gao Jun do his things well.

At that moment, Sun Xuan didn't go home, and went directly back to the house of the household office, picked up and straightened the bookcase kicked by Gao Jun, and cleaned it up carefully before humming a little song and going home.

Feng Zheng said that in the past few days, the brick kiln construction site of Ranch Village has made rapid progress under the supervision of Gao Yu day and night, and Luo Dao went to Liuzhong County to invite back two masons to do big work, and the strong men in the village have worked hard, and the first brick kiln has been up for most of it. The site of the second brick kiln is now being designed while capping the ceiling.

"However, Master Gao......"

Gao Jun knew that Feng Zheng was referring to Gao Yu, and said with a smile, "What kind of master is my second brother, he will be unhappy if you call him like this, and you will call him Boss Gao in the future, maybe he will have a drink." ”

Feng Zheng smiled and said immediately, "But Boss Gao asked me to come, in addition to seeing what happened to the adults who were delayed in Xizhou, there was one more thing." ”

Gao Jun asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday morning, I don't know where a group of people came, and they also brought masons and several carts to pull a good green brick, and they clung to our first brick kiln, dug the foundation, and didn't know what to do. Not only that, but they also competed with Boss Gao for the strong laborers in the village, and paid twice as much as us, and more than half of the people had already gone to them. ”

"How did you do that?"

"Because I haven't seen the official documents in Xizhou, and they are all on terra nullius, Master Gao can't say anything, so it's up to them to do it. In terms of people, Liu Mucheng temporarily drew some people from the ranch to make up for it. ”

"Do you know who they are?"

"I don't know, but I can see that the leader is the locals, and the details are not clear."

Gao Jun took Feng Zheng with him, and the two of them hurried up, and arrived at the Good Governance Village in half an hour. Feng Zheng didn't know what Master Gao meant, so he had to follow him into the village, and the two went straight to Wang Duoding's house.

Father Wang heard the sound of horses' hooves, and saw Gao Jun in the courtyard with a young man, and immediately greeted him from the courtyard, "Engong, how are you doing?" Why didn't Mrs. Gao come back with Engong? ”

Gao Jun said, "It's going well, but I have to go back again, what about Dodin?" ”

"He supported his injured leg, and with the help of his partners, he went to various houses in the village to do the work of thankful public transport." Father Wang wanted to go to the village to find Wang Duoding to come back, Gao Jun said, "Don't worry, let's take a look at my two tigers first." ”

Father Wang said, "How dare the little old man not do it wholeheartedly?" As he spoke, he took Gao Jun and the others to the backyard, and saw a tall black dog leashed in the courtyard, with his head bulging, lying on his side on the ground.

Two tiger cubs are meeting their heads, squeezing each other, and are fighting with four black velvet puppies for their mouths.

Looking closely, the two little tigers were happy, and their eyes had been opened. Picking one up casually, his stomach bulging, apparently gaining the upper hand in the scramble.

"Daddy Wang, you prepare a wooden cage that can hold two little tigers, and you must be able to carry them on your back."

Daddy Wang hurriedly went out, and after a while, he brought one from the neighbor's house, which was the right size, and packed the two tiger cubs. He took a big gourd, squeezed it with dog milk, filled it, and handed it to Gao Jun.

At this time, Wang Duoding came back, and Gao Jun asked, "Brother Wang, I don't know how many people you contacted?" ”

"If you go back to Engong, only one hundred and twenty people can work for a long time, and another sixty people, including my father, can work for a short time. Another two dozen people talked...... It is close to the king's full ark. ”

Gao Jun said, "It's already very much to my liking," and said to Feng Zheng, "How many people are missing, take care of yourself and discuss with Brother Wang." ”

Gao Jun handed over the approval document from Xizhou to Feng Zheng, asked him to take it back to Gao Yu, and instructed, "The group that grabbed the land, I won't go back, you must not move, let him do it first." ”

Feng Zheng asked, "Lord Gao, we have the approval, isn't it more reasonable?" ”

"I wonder if they are so well-informed and targeted at us everywhere, there must be a lot of good reason. If you don't know the details of these people, how can you act rashly? You tell my second brother Gao Yu, why ignore them in advance...... There is no hurry for the second kiln site, and I will decide on it when I get home tomorrow. ”

Put down Wang Duoding to gather people in various families, and go to Ranch Village with Feng Zheng without mentioning it. Gao Jun carried two tiger cubs in a wooden cage, carried a milk gourd, and rushed back to Xizhou on horseback. I didn't go back to the Governor's Mansion, and went directly to the Jiaohe Post House.

When I went in, I saw that Songtsam and the others were not there, and the house was empty. At this moment, a steward of the post house saw Gao Jun and immediately came over and asked, "But Lord Gao?" ”

Gao Jun was surprised and nodded.

The man said, "The old man who used to live here said that he had to leave beforehand. Because it's not good to go to Xizhou Mansion to disturb again, I didn't inform you. However, they left a letter for you, saying that if you come, you will hand it over to you in person. As he spoke, he handed over a letter in both hands.

Gao Jun took it, took it apart, and saw that it was Songtsan who wrote:

"Brother Gao Junxian, I and Momeng Jiamusa and others decided to leave Xizhou today and go to Yanqi for a visit, but because I didn't want to be burdened by the courtesy, I didn't go to Xizhou Mansion to resign. We expect to stay in Yanqi for a few days and go straight back. I sincerely wish you and me for my brother, and there will be a period later. ”

At the end of the letter, a picture was drawn in a crooked manner, pointing straight to the ground, marked with the word "Yanqi".

"When did these people leave the inn?" Gao Jun asked.

"Back to my lord, I happened to have been gone for half a day."

Gao Jun walked out of the post house, held the map in his hand, took the tiger cage, flew on his horse, and chased down along the map.

Because Songtsan and the others were pretending to be merchants, they drove the remaining yaks, and there was a carriage in which Princess Wencheng was riding, so they didn't go very fast. Although it was a long day in the morning, when Gao Jun's solo light horse caught up, only 20% of the distance was gone.

Lu Dongzan was the first to notice that a red horse behind him was coming and reported to Songzan. Songtsan and the others stopped and turned around, Gao Jun had already approached, turned over and dismounted, and saluted Songtsam.

"The eldest brother is in such a hurry, causing the younger brother to chase after him!"

Songtsan had already seen the tiger cage that Gao Jun was carrying and said, "Momeng...... After your sister-in-law saw you, she felt homesick, and she was a little sad since the night before, thinking that she would go to Yanqi quickly and make her happy. Brother Xian, this is ......"

"The eldest brother gave me a treasure knife, and the younger brother loved it very much, thinking that only by giving the eldest brother two tigers could I be happy." Saying that, the tiger cage was untied, and the milk gourd was also picked up by Lu Dongzan.

Songtsan was overjoyed, hugged Gao Jun, and kept patting him on the back and said, "Thank you, brother, thank you, brother!" Since then, I have a tiger in Tibet! He also asked Gao Jun about the milk tiger and what should be paid attention to. Gao Jun told Songtsan one by one as far as he knew.

Songzan said, "In this way, we will not go to Yanqi." Only this gourd milk, I'm afraid that I can't find it in a hurry, isn't it going to starve these two babies? We're going to rush back to the city, and we're going to find some suckling dogs in the whole city and feed them well!" ”

Seeing that Song Zan was overjoyed, he couldn't wait to rush back to Luo Some City, Gao Jun didn't say much, just rushed to the princess's carriage and bowed deeply and said, "Take care, princess!" ”

There seemed to be a low sobbing sound in the carriage, and something said, "Brother...... I saw my hometown, and I felt more homesick, so I didn't see each other. If you have a chance on another day, bring your younger siblings and meet you again at the Potala Palace...... In the future, if my brother can see my father, King Jiangxia, please say hello on my behalf...... You give the jade pendant I brought with you to his old man, and you say, "The water spilled by the married daughter will be treated well by Songzan...... Please not worry about my father. ”

The curtain moved, and a jade hand was stretched out, holding a piece of jade that still had body temperature. Gao Jun stretched out his hand to take the jade, tears fell, and replied, "Don't worry, princess, I will definitely bring the princess's words, and Luo Qi City will definitely go." ”

After that, he said goodbye to Songtsam and others in tears. Sure enough, Songtsam and his entourage turned their horses' heads and went straight in the direction of the city.

Gao Jun carefully hung the princess's Peiyu around his neck and returned to Xizhou with a horse.

Guo Xiaokedu Du Zheng accompanied the sixth uncle Gao Shenxing to talk, and when he saw Gao Jun coming in, he hurriedly asked him to sit, and saw that there were sweat marks on Gao Jun's forehead, and asked him where he went.

Gao Jun told Guo Dudu everything about the events since the morning, and only hid the fact that someone in the ranch village was fighting for land with Gao Yu. It happened that Gao Jun remembered the matter of Wan Shiju and others, so he asked Guo Dudu for instructions. Guo Xiaoke said, "Those foreign officials, you can use them yourself, as long as you remember to report Zhao Changshi in time." If you use any of the ministers below the eighth grade, let me know and I will check it...... However, I can still trust the candidates recommended by the virtuous nephew. ”

This is tantamount to giving Liu Zhongmu all the power to Gao Jun. Guo Xiaoke also said, "Liu Zhongmu does not have an official rank above the fifth grade at present, and if there is one in the future, I will also report to the Ministry of Officials and let the Ministry of Officials approve it." ”

Gao Jun saw that Guo Beifeng was also sitting. Gao Chang accompanied Guo Beifeng, lowered his eyebrows, and couldn't see the look on his face when he saw Gao Jun in the past, and asked, "Second Brother Guo's entrance examination has eyebrows?" ”

Guo Beifeng said, "Thanks to my brother's blessing, it went well, but the result will not come down until the next year." ”

Gao Jun looked at Guo Beifeng's demeanor, and seemed to be in his chest. The sixth uncle said, "If nothing else, when Feng Xian's nephew is selected for the left and right Qianniuwei, it will be the ministry of the ninth grade." After a year and a half, if you do a Qianniuwei record, join the army or something, you will be promoted two levels, to the eighth rank to the next level; If you do it again to the left and right guards, you will not be divided from you at that time, and you will also be a seventh-grade lower rank! ”

Guo Zhifeng said modestly, "How can it be so fast, besides, Gao Jun will not stop and wait for me", but the meaning of the words was full of ambition. Gao Jun asked the sixth uncle again, "I don't know when the sixth uncle plans to go back?" ”

Gao Shen said, "Don't look at me as a Taizhu, the most annoying of those vulgar courtesies, fortunately, Brother Guo is also from the military, and he has the same temper as me." I sent Gao Chang over on behalf of my eldest brother, and the thousands of miles away is not as convenient as the neighbors, so Gao Chang doesn't have to go back. If Brother Guo is willing, I have no opinion on letting them round the room tonight. If I can't catch up, and no one will come to the family for a day or two, Gao Jun, you will be your eldest sister's mother's family, and sit at the banquet for me. ”

Gao Changjiao said angrily, "Sixth Uncle, you just threw me here?" ”

Gao Shenxing said with a smile, "What is this, this is your home in the future, the sixth uncle and your father and mother are very relieved!" ”

Gao Yao smiled, "What did I say, my beautiful sister will be someone else's sooner or later, it seems that I will have to shoot my beautiful sister-in-law's horse ...... more in the future" suddenly stopped and blushed.