The cold winter is cold, Chang'an City under the rule of Yang Pei is more solemn and murderous, the heads of many rampant soldiers and scoundrels in the past are hanging at the gate of the city at the moment, it is said that some children of the Wuling Hao clan who migrated to Chang'an have also been arrested and imprisoned recently, as soon as the news spreads, coupled with the shocking bloody head, Chang'an suddenly disappeared and the evil disappeared without a trace.

It's just that under the surface of this river, the surge of multiple undercurrents has become more intense.

Just when many official documents against the new Chang'an Order flew into the Bafu like snowflakes, the hussar general Yan Xing left Chang'an City with a group of officials and a large group of chariots and rode eastward to Hongnong.

In winter, the military and political orders are inseparable from preparing for the border, completing the customs barriers, preparing for the armed forces, providing relief to the poor, caring for orphans and widows, and providing food and clothing.

In private, some people talked about the hussar general inspecting Tongguan, the eastern gateway of Guanzhong; Some people also said that the hussar general did not intend to be here, this was to put an end to private invitations, and acquiesced to Chang'an to let Yang Pei do it; What's more, it was even said mysteriously that the hussar general's trip was to go to the heavenly spirit in Tongguan······

No matter how bizarre the rumors were, on the tenth day after leaving Chang'an City, Yan Xing, a hussar general who had started with martial arts, arrived at Tongguan, the gateway to the eastern part of the Guan, and the first thing he did was to inspect the ordnance and fortifications of this majestic pass.

Tongguan as Duan Xuan was originally guarding against the Guanzhong's Li Dao, Guo Yan's geographical advantage dependent, built according to the danger, but the customs defense facilities are single, mainly to build a city wall, blocking the east-west passage, and wait until Tongguan fell into the hands of Yan Xing, Tongguan began to build and improve the city defense fortifications on a large scale, and gradually formed a real Guancheng: the city head is built with multi-storey buildings, the city outside the city excavates heavy trenches, closes the door and repairs two urn cities, Tongguan inside and outside the camp hall, canal, workshop, beacon, post post and a series of facilities are also constantly stepping up and improving.

After accompanying the hussar general to walk through the Guancheng, Sima Lang, who was trying to defend Hongnong, slowly oozed cold sweat on his forehead, and his demeanor became more and more restrained.

Wen County Sima clan, as a famous family of Hanoi, several generations of people out of the official office, most of the career of the Zhizhi, successively served 2,000 stones, to Sima Lang their generation, their father Sima Fang had eight sons, known as "Sima Bada", more famous.

But so far, except for Sima Lang, no one else in the Sima family has come out again, not only his father Sima Fang is sick in advance, but the second brother Sima Yi and others have not embarked on the career of raising filial piety and honesty and should open the county, but choose to stay at home in Wen County and work as a farmer and study.

The reason for this is that Sima Fang, who has been in the sea for a long time, has a premonition that the building will collapse, and he resolutely protects himself for the Sima family.

As a courtier, Sima Fang saw that the young son of heaven was held hostage by the powerful ministers Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Yan Xing, Cao Cao and others, moved the capital three times, and became a puppet of the heroes competing for hegemony.

Therefore, in order to continue the family name and seek refuge, the eldest son Sima Lang had to become a subordinate officer of the hussar general Yan Xing, but Sima Fang, as an old minister of the Han family, himself decisively called himself sick, and was neither willing to serve Yan Xing's overlordship, nor willing to follow the young son of heaven to move the capital to Xuchang, and fell into the tiger's den of Cao Cao, who was once an official in the same dynasty.

Sima Fang, who was "recuperating" at home, on the one hand, followed the golden mean of admonishing Sima Lang as an official, and on the other hand, he strictly forbade Sima Yi and other sons to go out of office, and refused the recommendation and dismissal of Chang Lin, the county magistrate, and others.

Gou Quan's life in troubled times and not seeking to reach the princes seems to be a true portrayal of the Sima family.

Everything else, at least until the dust settles on the strife in the north.

And Sima Lang, who is quite an official, has the style of his father, and always abides by the golden mean of Sima Fang's admonition. Since joining the office, he has been diligent in government and loving the people, educating the people, and has not neglected government affairs, abused power for personal gain, and has not offended the powerful and the powerful.

But sometimes the more I try to avoid trouble, the trouble will not be forgiven, and it will come one after another.

The hussar general's mansion Hedong Shi clan and the old surname of Guanzhong, Sima Lang has also been vaguely aware of it in recent years, he thought that this time he was transferred to Hongnong, he would be able to avoid a bunch of tricky things in Chang'an City, but not long after he took office, new troubles came.

At this time, the hussar general came to Hongnong in person, inspected Tongguan, the real intention was unknown, as soon as he thought of those "auspicious" and "Tianzi Qi" rumors, as well as the second brother Sima Yi in Wenxian County's hometown refused to eliminate the overlord, Sima Lang's head was as big as a fight, and his heart was panicked.

However, Yan Xing, who was the leader, didn't seem to notice the strange color on Sima Lang's face, and he walked down the gate briskly, and Zhou Liangzheng beside him excitedly told him about the information from various families in the Kanto region.

Yan Xing once again heard the deeds of Jiangdong Sun Ce.

After Yuan Shu's death, he successively eliminated Liu Xun, Hua Xin and other forces, and successively defeated Huang Zu and Liu Biao's soldiers, horses, and boat divisions who intervened in the Jiangdong war, and completed the goal of unifying Jiangdong by force.

And he is ambitious, and he is not willing to live in a corner, Jiangdong has begun to get involved in Jiujiang, Guangling and other places, it is said that Sun Cetun troops Danyang, ready to lead troops north.

Although his younger brother Sun Quan led troops to invade Guangling twice, he was defeated by Chen Deng, the Taishou of Guangling, but this new force that flourished after Yuan Shu and threatened Cao Cao's flank and rear still attracted the attention of all aspects of Xu Du, and Cao Cao had taken the initiative to adopt the means of marriage between the two families to encircle and win over this Jiangdong tiger.

"Sun Wentai has raised a good son!"

Yan Xingyou sighed. Zhou Liang also answered:

"Yes, this Sun Wentai defeated Hu Zhen, chased Dong Zhuo, and fought against Lu Bu, and with his own strength, he beat a cadre of Dong Ying's people to retreat westward in a hurry, and he can be called a famous general in the world, but he didn't expect to die young, and the foundation also fell into the hands of people. The other sons under his knees are unknown and insignificant. However, his eldest son, who fought hard for his father's generation, Hubu Jiangdong, Liu Xuan, Xu Gong, Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Liu Xun, Huang Zu and others are not his opponents. ”

Yan Xing was noncommittal to Zhou Liang's words, but he still said:

"Although Cao Cao and Sun Ce are married, there are still conflicts between the two families in Jiujiang, Guangling and other places, and the southeast can wait and see. However, the relationship between the Yuan and Cao families is complicated, and they need to be careful to prevent their generation from joining forces again. ”

Zhou Liang only spoke.

Yan Xing only noticed Sima Lang with a different color on his face at this time, and he immediately smiled:

"Boda!"

"General."

Sima Lang, who was panicked in his heart, was taken aback, and hurriedly came to Yan Xing's face, bowed his hand, and said respectfully.

"I heard that there is auspicious Rui in Hongnong, I don't know if you know?"

"Lang Luo, I have heard a little, but at the beginning of getting off the car, the auspicious matter in the territory has not yet begun, please, please forgive the general."

"Haha, this matter was not reported by you in the first place, even if what you said is not true, what are you guilty of."

Yan Xing smiled, and he didn't intend to blame the newly arrived Sima Lang.

He knew very well that the auspicious incident of Ziqi coming from the east was first reported by the old military department guarding Tongguan, and then some officials in Hongnong wrote to accompany it, but there were also many officials such as Sima Lang, Yang Pei and others, who were secretive and never mentioned this matter.

Yan Xing is not a superstitious and auspicious person, but it is also beneficial to take advantage of this incident to see clearly many people and things that are usually indistinguishable.

He changed his words and asked:

"Boda, I heard the report of Wen County's expulsion of talents, saying that your second brother refused to exterminate the general's mansion because of illness, do you know about this?"

As soon as he heard Yan Xing ask about this matter, although Sima Lang's heart trembled, he cheered up and said without changing his face:

"The subordinate has learned of this by letter from home. The second brother has been weak since he was a child, and this time his luck has not come, so he can't cope with his illness, and he has the grace of the general's promotion, and Lang apologizes to the general for the second brother. ”

"Haha, no need." Yan Xing glanced at the tall and straight Sima Lang, waved his big hand, and didn't care, but the next sentence made Sima Lang shocked.

"I heard alone: a gentleman is in the world, the state has a way, and it is not wasted. There is no way to be free from torture. Thinking about it this way, the father and son of the respected family have their own way of being a gentleman! ”

"The general forgives the sin, father and brother-"

Sima Lang, whose face changed greatly, also heard the dissatisfaction in the hussar general's heart, and he hurriedly bowed down to plead guilty, but the words that had been considered in his heart for a long time were not spoken at this time under the majesty of Yan Xing, only beads of sweat the size of soybeans flowed down his low forehead, and a drop fell on the cold and dry land in winter.

"Well, get up. Everyone has their own ambitions, and they don't force themselves. ”

Yan Xing bent down and patted Sima Lang's shoulder, who didn't dare to come out, and after Wen Sheng finished speaking, he moved away.

It was only after many officials followed Yan Xing that Sima Lang dared to get up again, and the officials who had been waiting for a long time also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"Fujun?"

"Nothing." Sima Lang shook his head, his mind calmed down again, but he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the hussar general's power was getting stronger and stronger, although he was just smiling, but the power in his hands was enough to make people shudder.

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After inspecting the armament of the Guancheng, the sun was already dusk, and the sky began to flutter with snowflakes again, Yan Xing stepped back to the big tent in the Guancheng under the arch guard of his personal guards.

Approaching the big tent, Yan Xing looked at the snowflakes on the ground, remembered today's events, and suddenly changed his mind again, turned around and walked towards the other tent.

This time on the eastward journey, except for the pregnant Lu Yue and Aqige, who were not accompanied by the two daughters, Pei Shu, Zhang Rui and their children also came.

Yan Xing walked quickly to Pei Shu's tent, and when he approached the tent door, he heard a female voice coming from inside the tent.

"If you want to say that this general is also, it's cold, it's okay to travel by a large group of people and horses, and he also brought the little boy out, and there is no earth fire dragon in this tent, how can the little boy sleep at night?"