From the perspective of safety, Pei Jun and other important ministers lived in the Wei Mansion, while Zhang Huan and Duan Xiushi had another residence, Zhang Huan lived in an independent mansion about two miles away from the Wei Mansion, and the 500 guards he brought into the city were closely guarded.

The night was cold, there was not a hint of wind, and the gray fog hid everything around them, except for the occasional rustle of the old trees, as if they sighed at the approaching winter.

Zhang Huan left the Wei Mansion and walked out of his residence, three hundred cavalry held a high shield and surrounded him in the middle in three layers of defense, and Zhang Huan galloped side by side, as well as the Empress Dowager's envoy Li Chuanyun.

Li Chuanyun is still habitually wearing a Taoist robe, her face is pale, she looks a lot thinner, and she gives people a cold and unapproachable feeling.

"Eldest sister, I already became a father a few days ago." Zhang Huan smiled slightly, but his mind was recalling the little pink guy, his heart was full of pride, and he raised his head and exhaled a long breath of white air.

Li Chuanyun was still immersed in her train of thought, and didn't notice Zhang Huan's words for a while, but just responded casually, "Oh! ”

After taking two steps, she suddenly realized, "What! What did you say? ”

"I have a son." Zhang Huan glanced at her, as if slightly dissatisfied with her slow reaction.

Li Chuanyun finally realized what this meant, her eyes burst into a strange light, and her pale face was full of vitality, "It's a boy!" She muttered to herself, this was another continuation of life in their family. I don't know how my father Jiuquan should be ecstatic to know the news.

After a long time, she calmed down a little excitedly, and hurriedly asked, "What's his name?" ”

"His name is Qi, now his name is Zhang Qi, maybe one day he will change his name to Li Qi."

"Qi?" Li Chuanyun whispered the name twice, she took out a bead that exuded a pale green luster, the bead was inlaid on a jade tray, which could be carried around, and she handed it to Zhang Huan and said, "This evil bead was given to me by my father." I'll give it to my nephew again, which is a little bit of my heart as an aunt. ”

"Thank you!"

Zhang Huan took the beads and put them away, and smiled again: "The Queen Mother, what do you have to say for the eldest sister to bring to me?" ”

Li Chuanyun nodded. "The Queen Mother hopes that you will focus on the overall situation this time, so that the officers and soldiers can go all out to encircle and suppress the Zhu bandits,"

Speaking of this, Li Chuanyun glanced at Zhang Huan again. Seeing that his face was expressionless. He continued: "As compensation, the Queen Mother will later crown you as the envoy of the Hexi Festival. ”

Zhang Huan smiled, and the envoy of the Hexi Festival required the approval of the cabinet, since Cui Xiaofu can say it so conclusively, it means that she and Cui Yuan have reached a consensus, which is actually what Cui Yuan meant.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Huan suddenly asked, "What does the eldest sister think of Zhu's rebellion this time?" ”

Li Chuanyun seemed to know that Zhang Huan was going to ask her about this, and she sighed slightly, "I was still young when the Anshi Rebellion occurred. I don't know a lot of tragic things in the palace, but my mother is unfortunately in the chaos of the army, and I have never heard from me, although I know that this is your chance. But I also don't want a repeat of the Second Anshi Rebellion. I have been in contact with Zhu this person, and he was extremely loyal to Cui Xiang. But now he is pointing the finger at Cui Xiang, which shows his wolf ambitions, and the cruelty of his slaughter of Chengdu's wealthy households, I can conclude that if this person sits big, it will be the misfortune of the entire Tang Dynasty. ”

Although Li Chuanyun's tone was flat, her eyes flashed with brilliance that was difficult to see on her face, she suddenly turned her head, looked at Zhang Huan tightly, and said in an unquestionable tone: "You must be loyal to Datang no matter what!" ”

"Loyal to Datang." Zhang Huan smiled faintly, when was he disloyal to Datang?

The light in Weyer's study was bright, two hot charcoal basins made the room warm like spring, and the incense burner in the corner of the wall was wafting with green smoke, and the whole room was filled with a strange scent of sandalwood

In the room, only Wei Ge and Cui Yu sat opposite each other and drank tea, the two of them have become in-laws, and Wei Qing will marry Cui Yu's eldest daughter Cui Min before the New Year

Cui Yu is less than fifty years old, he is Cui Yuan's cousin, he looks very rich, he has a generous heart, and he is quite popular in the court, because he is a servant of the ministry and holds great power, so he is actually the second person in Cui's family, but Cui Qinggong is very jealous of him, and he has always been at odds with him.

Cui Yu saw that Wei Ge had been worried since the banquet, so he smiled and comforted him: Brother Wei, please rest assured, when I left, my eldest brother said that if Zhang Huan is willing to come to Longyou to attend the meeting, then this matter will be successful, and I have been authorized, as long as Zhang Huandi's request is not excessive, we can agree. ”

Wei Ge shook his head, snorted softly and said: "I also just got the news, there has been an abnormality in Hexi, Zhang Huan is too busy to take care of himself, where does he still have the heart to seek Longyou, if I don't attack him, he will be thankful, Brother Cui Xian really doesn't have to give him too many concessions." ”

Wei Ge's words surprised Cui Yu, and he hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "What happened in Hexi?" I don't know. ”

"That's because he Zhang Huan covered things tightly." Wei Ge said with some disdain: "He was too greedy and too anxious, and he actually introduced the party members into Hexi, and the result was to lure the wolf into the house, and the party Xiang Tuoba family has taken a fancy to the fat land of Wuwei, and they want to replace Zhang Huan." ”

This sudden news made Cui Yu surprised and delighted, surprised that the party members had arrived in Hexi, he didn't know anything about this, and it was estimated that Cui Yuan didn't necessarily know, but if this was the case, then Cui Yuan handed him the bottom line of the negotiation, and named Zhang Huan as the king of Wuwei County, so he didn't have to take it out, although Zhang Huan was actually a clan identity, but the court did not recognize it, so he became the king of the county at such a young age, and he was never willing to be a servant of the ministry.

"Brother Wei's news is true, but what is the basis?" Cui Yu is more cautious, he confirmed again.

"I have spies in Wuwei'an, so I naturally know the news, and moreover, I have been paying attention to the movements of the party members, they are divided into two branches, the east and west, the party members of the Tuoba family of the west branch crossed the Yellow River and went to Hexi, and were later introduced to Hexi by Zhang Huan, maybe he wanted to fill the lack of population in Hexi, but I have dealt with the Tuoba family for so many years, I know that sooner or later there will be civil strife in Hexi because of the party members, so as soon as the news comes, you don't have to think about it to know, this is his retribution."

Speaking of this, Wei Ge could not suppress the smile in his eyes, but Cui Yu fell into deep thought, Wu Wei is not Zhang Huan's Wuwei alone, if he loses the only piece of land in Hexi in the Tang Dynasty, not only Zhang Huan, but I am afraid that Xiangguo will also be difficult to explain to the people, his lips moved, and when he saw Wei Ge's face happy, he did not say this sentence

After a pause, Cui Yu asked in a deep voice: "Since Brother Wei judged that it was unlikely that Zhang Huan would send troops to Longyoudi, why did he keep frowning?" ”

This sentence was like a basin of water, and it suddenly extinguished the joy that Wei Ge had just born, Wei Ge's face was gloomy, and he said extremely dissatisfied: "I have to ask Cui Xiangguo, why is the generalissimo of Zhengnan going to be Cui Qinggong, is this really my Datang no one, or should I consider the interests of the family in this kind of major matter related to the safety of the society?" ”

Wei Yu's words were very sharp, Cui Yu's face was red and white, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "It's not that my eldest brother wants him to go, but it's a last resort, and he can't help it." ”

"Why?" Wercher asked quietly.

Cui Yu couldn't sit still, he stood up and paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, he was thinking about whether to tell Wei Ge, after all, this was a disgraceful thing for the Cui family.

The atmosphere in the study was a little solemn, from Cui Yu's original intention, he didn't want to say, but he didn't want his eldest brother to bear the infamy of being a relative, he hesitated for a long time, and then he said slowly: "Cui Qinggong is also a person who can lead troops to fight, especially he has been in charge of Jin Wuwei and the Shandong Army for a long time, so that he has a high prestige in the Cui family's army, if someone else is changed all of a sudden, the eldest brother is worried that the generals will not be able to cooperate in a short period of time, so that the military order will be difficult to execute, I hope Brother Wei can understand, after all, the time to send troops is too short, There are many things that can only be done by authority. ”

Cui Yu said very vaguely, but Wei Ge understood a little, that is to say, if Cui Qinggong was not allowed to take command, he would obstruct it, which would make the matter of the Southern Expedition difficult, so Cui Yuan had no choice but to make him the commander.

But if you think about it deeply, then behind Cui Yuan's last resort, it shows that he is not single-handedly covering the sky within the Cui family, and the military power of the Cui family is largely controlled by Cui Qinggong, so Cui Yuan has no choice but to let him take command, is that so?

Wei Ge couldn't help but smile coldly, if this is the case, then it was also his Cui Yuan's own fault, just because Cui Qinggong is Cui Yuan's own brother, so he has been in the Cui family for nearly fifteen years.

Thinking of this, Wei Ge said in a non-negotiable tone: "I don't care what kind of difficulties Cui Xiangguo has, but if Cui Qinggong is the marshal of Zhengnan, then the Wei family army cannot be handed over to him." ”

Cui Yu hurriedly stepped forward to explain, "Please rest assured Brother Wei, Cui Qinggong is the commander of the Southern Expedition this time, but Wei and Pei can appoint a deputy general to command their own army, Pei Xiangguo's designated deputy marshal is Zhang Guangsheng, the governor of Daizhou, Brother Wei can also designate a general as the commander of the Western Route Army, and the three armies are only cooperating with the battle, not Cui Qinggong's dictatorship." ”

"Okay, I'll personally be the commander of the Western Route Army, and I'm going to compete with Cui Qinggong to see who kills Zhu first?" Wee said with a proud smile.