Gao Xianxing returned to his room and saw his wife Cui Shi sitting at the head of the bed and opening a cloth bag, revealing a few scriptures inside, and wondered what she was doing with this. Cui Shi is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, and he is well maintained, and his body is slightly blessed. She saw that her husband had just returned from the council chamber, and she also wanted to know what had happened to the things that everyone in the house had been talking about for the past few days.

However, when she read these scriptures again, a wave of anger rushed up, and she secretly scolded, "This little animal has been made from home to Yangzhou, and from Yangzhou to Xizhou, this is good, and it has returned to Chang'an!" ”

Gao Shenxing sighed and asked, "Madam, do you want to read this scripture for yourself?" ”

Cui Shi replied to the question and said, "Master, today I asked Yahuan to go to Qingxin Nunnery, and I wanted my daughter to come back to live for two days, but she was determined to leave me...... How's going on with you there? ”

Gao Xianxing smiled bitterly and said, "What else, Xizhou's reply has already arrived in Chang'an, and I don't know what the rebel is talking about." If he implicated the Gao family, I would no longer have the face to walk into the gate of this Gao Mansion! ”

Cui Shi was worried because she couldn't read her daughter Cui Yan's mind, and her daughter would be nineteen years old after the New Year, and she had been going to Qingxin Nunnery for two years. If her daughter was at her age, she would have had a matchmaker come to her door a long time ago. Thinking about it, I can only make stupid efforts to see what these verses say, and maybe it will be able to speak to her heart in the future.

After listening to her husband's words, she thought of several words of comfort, and swallowed them all again. Look at this big house, the two people who should have both children are now facing each other, and it is superfluous to say anything.

Cui's couldn't help but hate Gao Jun's little beast again, whether it was the panic of the whole mansion today, or the daughter's running away from home, which yard had anything to do with him!

Guozijian is a Qingshui Yamen, and among the many yamen, it is the farthest from the entanglement in Vanity Fair. The officials who serve here are often very respected on the surface, and they are often regarded as teachers and respected by others, but in fact, there are not many people who can afford to look up to them behind their backs.

In terms of official position, an assistant teacher of the Guozijian is just an official who has risen from the sixth rank, and it is said that it is a high-ranking institution in the Qing Dynasty in the middle of the court, but in fact it is only two levels higher than the county order of a small county in a remote place.

The second eldest Gao Zhixing had already served as the national eunuch, and a few colleagues who were not very good on weekdays also came up to say hello, and he knew that there was a meaning that could not be said to be lively. Gao Jun is the nephew of his fifth brother's family, and it is still unclear what the final outcome of this conflict with Jieli with him as the core will be.

But in terms of experience. If this matter is not done well, it will shake the foundation of his Gao family, which is still relatively stable, even if Emperor Taizong only reprimands a few words, it will take a long time for the influence to be reversed.

If it is done well, if it is not done in the end, the next generation of his Gao family will also leave the impression of causing trouble. In short, he is not optimistic about this matter.

Emperor Taizong got up early in the morning, waited for people to change his clothes in the Zichen Palace, and sat for a while to see that the time of the previous dynasty was almost up, and then came to the Xuanzheng Palace.

The ministers of civil and military affairs had already passed through the Danfeng Gate, which was tightly guarded by the left and right Jin Wuwei, and sorted out their clothes and crowns on the left and right courts outside the Hanyuan Palace, as well as the chapter to be played, thinking about what would happen when they went to the court later.

They saw the arrival of the last of the Gao Ge Lao, who usually did not need to listen to the court, and knew that the flying envoy from Xizhou had already returned. Looking at the old man of the high pavilion sitting in a precarious position with a calm face, the officials could not see anything from his face.

In the Xuanzheng Palace, someone came out and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy who went to Xizhou last night has returned, and there is a secret letter from Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Xizhou, here. With that, he brought up a tightly wrapped cloth bag.

Taizong was a little surprised, he had never received such a maverick secret letter, his hand pressed on the cloth bag, and he didn't say to open it, but he spoke first, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to hear what you have to say about this matter in Xizhou Mansion." ”

Everyone's eyes also secretly stared at the cloth bag under the emperor's hand, muttering in their hearts, who knows what was said there, don't show off your cleverness here.

Only Xue Wanche, the general of the right military guard and the commander of the horses, said, "Your Majesty, I have always emphasized only one word for the Quartet, and it is precisely because of this that the Quartet has returned to obedience and all countries have come to the court." When such a thing happened to Liu Zhongmu in Xizhou, the ministers thought that this was a sign and should not be taken lightly. ”

Xue Wanche married Princess Danyang, the fifteenth daughter of Gaozu, and she was also a national relative, so she dared to speak. In addition, he was secretly a little dissatisfied with the long-term attention of Emperor Taizong of the old faction of the Gao Ge, so he just wanted to make this matter more serious, but he didn't say whether it was a good sign or a bad sign. It's a must.

The emperor saw that no one else spoke, and turned to Gao Jian again, "Ge Lao, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Gao Ge Lao came out and said, "Your Majesty, this matter involves my little grandson Gao Jun, and it is inconvenient for the old minister to say anything. Your Majesty's handling of anything has always been convincing, and the old minister will not have half a word, please rest assured. However, Lao Chen also muttered about this matter with his sons at home last night, and he still had some doubts in his heart, but he only felt that there were many doubts about what the envoy of the Jieli Ministry had told, and it was only up to His Majesty to make a clear decision. ”

Tuli had been in Chang'an for more than ten days, and ten days ago he had met the Tang Emperor for the first time. When he handed over Simo's letter to the emperor, Tuli thought that the initiative was in his own hands. For such a major event, the emperor should at least appease him in public. But at that time, Taizong only took a cursory look, and immediately arranged for the flying envoy to go to Xizhou. The rest didn't say anything again, and let him stay in Chang'an for ten days.

In the past ten days, he was not idle, in addition to playing around Chang'an City, and taking a boat ride in the Cao Canal across Chang'an to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait, he also brought heavy gifts to visit several ministers of the court, and repeated the grievances of the Jieli Ministry several times to gain their sympathy.

Today is the second time he has stood in the hall of the highest power of the Tang Dynasty, and only Xue Wanche stood up and said these two sentences without pain, knowing that it was time for him to speak. So he stood up and said to the above, "Your Majesty the Emperor, Liu Zhongmu robbed our horses and killed more than 300 of our herdsmen, and every day the families of these herdsmen went to Simo Khan to cry, and now he doesn't even dare to come out of his big tent, please Your Majesty deal with it impartially and give an explanation to our family members." ”

Taizong didn't speak, but ordered someone to open the cloth bag on the case, took out Guo Xiaoke's fold from it and looked at it carefully, his face suddenly turned blue, and he threw the fold heavily on the dragon book case. The bodies under the robes of the ministers below couldn't help but tremble. I only heard the emperor ask Tulidao:

"This matter is really serious, I don't know what you want from Prime Minister Tuli, just talk about it!"

Tu Li eased his excitement and said, "I just ask Your Majesty to let Liu Zhongmu return our 200 horses, and give more sympathy to the dead and injured herdsmen, calm their miserable hearts, and feel the love of the Tang Emperor for them...... In particular, the pastoral supervisor Gao Jun must be severely punished in order to set an example for a hundred people, and at the same time soothe the pain of our Simo Khan's loss of his brother. ”

Gao Ge Lao couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily, "Our emperor hasn't spoken yet, you should deal with it first!" Tell me, how many men did I bring with me to rob you of 200 horses and kill 300 of you? Who doesn't know that your second highness Sina took a mace and harassed him around? I also have a lot of complaints from the border people of the Tang Dynasty here, do you want to read them? ”

Tuli was a little stammering, didn't he know what Sinar had done? But the situation forced him to think too much, and he also opened his mouth to say to Gao Jian at the moment, "Having said that, but which prince and brother of your Tang Dynasty made people hack to death with a knife?" If it weren't for our Simo Khan taking care of the overall situation, I'm afraid we would have brought troops to meet us a long time ago! ”

I only heard Emperor Taizong slap the dragon case hard and shouted, "Tuli, what are you talking about!" Isn't Simo under the control of my Governor's Mansion? I have already read the report in Xizhou, Liu Zhongmu is only one of the five pastures in Xizhou, and all the people there can't pass 300 people. ”

He saw the cloth bag wrapped in folds again, his eyes lit up, and he slowly unfolded it with his own hands, and the bloodstained white flag covered the dragon book case and hung down at the four corners.

Even the ministers standing below could see from a distance that the original white flag had been slashed by swords and guns, and was stained with blood.

The emperor saw that the dragon flew and the phoenix danced in the slightly clean place and wrote a poem, and could not help but read it aloud:

"The horses are wild in the sand and the spring grass grows, and the sword and the Tartar are crazy. Three hundred good oxen rushed into the enemy's ranks, and twenty old and weak fought tenaciously. Two arrows pierced the fierce armor, and the enemy was killed quickly with one sword. It is difficult to shake the willow in the pasture, and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains belong to the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Good poetry! Hurry! I really have the momentum I had back then! It's exciting to read! I really want to gallop on a horse! Emperor Taizong said loudly.

The ministers listened below, and they all cheered. This poem is worth a thousand words, and it makes the truth of the matter clear. At that time, the contrast between the enemy and me, as well as the fierce scene of the two sides fighting, were once again displayed in front of everyone. Tuli's face was blue, his legs were weak, and he didn't know how Emperor Taizong, who had always been angry than thunder, would send himself down.

Who knew that the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, but he said to him in a gentle voice, "Tuli, you go back, I won't blame you." It's just something like this, don't bother me in the future...... You go and tell that Simo that if Liuzhong Ranch goes to his field to graze horses and cattle again, he won't cause trouble again. Otherwise, even if Liu Zhongmu let him go, I wouldn't do it. ”

Tuli left the palace in a panic, and some ministers ignored the etiquette of the court, and congratulated the elder Gao Ge one after another, "Elder Ge, we only say that there are many talents in the Gao Mansion and all over the court, who knows that in such a far place in Xizhou, there is also your grandson of the old Gao Ge who is making contributions to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Gao Ge Lao, your junior named Gao Jun doesn't know how far it has been? Have you ever been married? My little girl's character and female worker are reasonable......"

Emperor Taizong asked, "Taifu Siqing, what kind of official position is this deputy supervisor of Liu Zhongmu?" ”

Someone came out of the class and replied, "Your Majesty, Liu Zhongmu has just been promoted from a lower pastor to a middle pastor after the year...... This deputy shepherd is from the sixth rank. ”

Taizong only said one sentence, "Small, press the upper pastoral supervisor to be promoted." ”

"Your Majesty, the Upper Pastoral Supervisor should be descending from the fifth rank...... But he is only a deputy supervisor, and Liu Zhongmu still has a full pastor, how to reward him? ”

Taizong said, "I only reward those who have merit, if they all want to hitchhike, then who will make meritorious contributions?" The officials, the military officer who descended from the fifth rank should be a guerrilla general, and he rewarded Gao Jun together. After speaking, the emperor seemed to be tired, and waved his hand to retreat.

Gao Ge Lao walked back, his heart was in his stomach, and he thought that Gao Jun had gone from the sixth rank to the sixth grade, crossed the sixth rank and two steps, and directly went to the fifth grade and went directly to the fifth grade, and rose four levels in a row. Gao Ge Lao has experienced the ups and downs of the Huan Sea for so many years, and it is the first time he has seen such a transcendence.

I can't help but think of Gao Jun, a child, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old when he left home, he was thin and thin at that time, and I don't know what he has grown into in the past few years. What kind of ability did he rely on to take such a big advantage among the enemy's thousands of horsemen. Alas, it seems that I usually don't care too much about these juniors.

After coming back, as soon as he told the news in the court, Gao Yao was the first to jump up, "Grandpa, I just said that my brother Jun is reasonable, not only was he not approved by the emperor, but he was also promoted." What is the position of this guerrilla general? How many soldiers to lead? ”

"Hehe, he is still the deputy supervisor of Liu Zhongmu, but he is two levels older than the top boss, what is this!" Ge Lao shook his head and said, "The guerrilla general is just a rank, and he doesn't lead soldiers. ”

"The emperor is really picky!" Gao Yao said.

Gao Jun and Siqing took the old Han ancestors and grandchildren, lit a fire and rested for the night, looked north again, and saw a patch of tents on the grassland in the afternoon.

After Luo Quan arrived at the Jieli Department, he was clever everywhere and always careful, which was very pleasing to Simo Khan. In addition, after hearing him say that he was from Liuzhong Ranch, Simo was thinking of a strategy to eliminate the Tang Dynasty animal husbandry, so he gave him a false difference of deputy prime minister, and Luo Quan was so happy that he dreamed of laughing. The heart says that gold shines wherever it is placed, and this is true.

Looking at Gao Jun and Siqing from afar, they walked over and went directly into the Khan's tent. He didn't dare to step forward immediately, let his subordinates listen to the news, and learned that Gao Jun was escorted by Princess Siqing, so he appeared.