Back in Chengdu, someone told Li Mao that someone found two peerless beauties when he searched Liu Pi's mansion, and they were dedicated to Gao Chongwen. Qin Mo was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and suggested that Li Mao should come over to pay his respects first, if it was really a peerless beauty, he might as well give it to the Son of Heaven, so as to ask for a reward.

Li Mao saw through Qin Mo's psychology that he couldn't get it and didn't want others to get it. He smiled and said: "He now holds the power of life and death, and the person who befriended him is like a carp crossing the river, which is very strange." It's strange why no one has sent me anything since I've been back for so long. ”

Qin Mo said: "You will return to Beijing soon, they think you are not worthy of receiving their benefits." ”

Hu Chuan said: "How can this be reasonable, Brother Mao can kill them with a word, and their blood is flowing like a river." ”

Qin Mo said: "Why don't I give him a few words?" ”

Li Mao said: "That's it, I don't even understand the rules of officialdom, such a person will have an accident sooner or later, so don't mess with this shame." After speaking, he said: "By the way, you said that someone sent two beauties to Gao Chongwen, who is that person?" ”

Qin Mo said: "You don't care who sent it, let's just say these two beauties, hey, those are really two big beauties, the skin and flesh are white and tender, you don't need to pinch them, you can see the water at a glance." That delicate face, I tell you, hehe...... I'll make sure you won't be able to open your legs. ”

Qin Mo can be regarded as well-informed, and the woman he highly admires must be no worse.

Hu Chuan shouted: "Nonsense, what kind of woman hasn't we seen Brother Mao, and she can't move her legs?" He added: "No matter how delicate the flowers are, there are times when they wither, and watching the flowers wither is not a cruel thing in life." It's better to find an ordinary woman and live a peaceful life. ”

Qin Mo glanced at him and sneered: "Tu Baozi." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Pi came to the door and said that there were two beauties who asked Li Mao to smile. Li Mao exclaimed: "I can't help it, the little brother is not good at this." On the side, Qin Mo said: "Brother Mao only loves peerless beauties, just forget about the ordinary." ”

Gao Chongwen smiled and beckoned, and two servant women brought people over, both women were wearing hats and pink veils, although they couldn't see their faces, but the fluttering aura had convinced Li Mao.

Li Mao hurriedly waved his hand and said to Gao Chongwen: "Handsome and beautiful, Li Mao understands it, but I really can't afford such a stunning woman." I have a bad heart, and I can't see the beauty slowly withering on my hands. ”

No matter how Gao Chongwen persuaded him, Li Mao refused to accept it, and Gao Chongwen had no choice but to bring people back. Marching Sima Gao Yuewen said with a smile: "What do I say, Li Mao will not accept it." Gao Chongwen said: "But it's also strange, people say that he is greedy for money and lustful, why does he refuse to accept me, is the rumor false?" ”

Gao Yuewen said: "Since ancient times, the red face is a disaster, the early to see through and the early to liberate, people are enlightened and live to understand." ”

Gao Chongwen said: "You're right, Hongyan is in trouble, how is this good, I got two burdens in my hands." Gao Yuewen said: "It's okay, you can match the soldiers in the wifeless room." ”

Gao Chongwen's eyes lit up and he shouted, "How about Li Dingjin and Han Yi?" ”

Gao Yuewen shook his hand and said: "I can't help it, I can't help it, although you have good intentions, it is inevitable that some people will not say that you are inviting people to buy people's hearts." It's better to ration two sergeants, people will only say that you love soldiers like sons, but you can't doubt anything else. ”

Gao Chongwen was overjoyed, and ordered the two stunning women he had collected from Liu Pi's house to be assigned to ordinary sergeants.

When Qin Mo heard this, he was like a mourner, and even said that two pieces of good meat fell into the dog's mouth, Li Mao scolded with a smile: "You, you, sooner or later, you will have to plant a big heel on a woman." ”

Look at the autumn wind turned cold, Li Mao said goodbye to Gao Chongwen and returned to Beijing to resume his life, the day he left, the wind was blowing strongly, the sky was gloomy, and the northern geese were gusting to the south. Gao Chongwen sent ten miles, another ten miles, and wanted to send it, but was stopped by Li Mao.

Li Mao said: "Gao Shuai has made great contributions to the court, and the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, so why not be afraid of gossip." ”

was told by Li Mao to act, Gao Chongwen was calm, and said bluntly: "Chongwen is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and my ability to serve the field can take the lead, but I can't do a knot." If you have the opportunity, please ask Brother Maohua to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty to help my brother get out of the sea of suffering, I thank you here in advance. ”

Li Mao said: "You don't have to command. ”

Get on your horse and say goodbye.

It is difficult to walk, it is even more difficult to walk on a ruin, the land of Xichuan after the war, although the drums and horns are not heard, the people's livelihood is still difficult, after being exploited by officials from all walks of life in the imperial court, the officials of Xichuan are poor, and they have to take risks, and they have to take risks and blow up the ground on the cusp of the storm.

There are also those who have the audacity to gather in the mountains, forests, and rivers and become bandits. Local law and order are not as stable as they were during wartime.

Li Mao said to Qin Mo: "Gao Shuai is good at governing the army, but he is not good at governing civil affairs, the court is negligent in employing people, and the people in this place are suffering. ”

After winning the battle, the world was more difficult than before, and Qin Mo didn't know what to say, so he just nodded silently.

One day when he came to the territory of Jianzhou, the brigade walked through the deep valley, looking at the terrain was extremely dangerous, Li Dingjin asked Li Mao if he could rest outside the valley for a day, and leave early on the second day, and spend a day through the deep valley, so as not to stay at the bottom of the valley at night.

Li Mao didn't agree, Liu Pi was just a puppet in Xichuan, if there was no Lu Wenruo's provocation, or he would not have the idea of raising troops to rebel, and now that his power has been wiped out, no one will take risks for a subordinate prisoner, Li Dingjin's worries are superfluous.

The army continued to move forward, and soon after noon, the sun was obscured by the mountains, and the fog arose again, but after a cup of tea, no one could be seen from three or five feet away, and the northern sergeant had never seen such strange weather, and he was terrified for a while.

At this moment, they suddenly heard the dull sound of the snail horns around them, and the escort team was shocked, thinking that they had encountered Liu Bi's remnants to rob the road. Li Dingjin drew his sword in his hand, shouted the order to form a formation, surrounded the prisoner cart in the middle, lined up the defensive formation, and was about to command the archers to occupy the high ground on the left and right.

A wild man with a disheveled head, carrying a banner, scurried down the hillside, shouting not to release arrows, and standing in front of the brigade and waving the flag.

The crowd was shocked and didn't know what to do.

Qin Mo squinted and looked at it, grinned, jumped off the horse, left the defensive array formed by the shield, and strode to the wild man who waved the flag. ”

The savage was taken away by him, and he was a little indignant, and threatened: "Give me back the flag, return me, if you don't return it, I will turn my face." ”

Qin Mo rolled up the flag, knocked on the head, knocked on it and scolded: "I borrowed you two dog guts, dare to turn my face with me, I knocked." ”

The wild man ate a few times on his head, became angry, and warned me: "Make me turn my face again." ”

Qin Mo grinned and said, "Turn your face, turn your face, you turn it over and I'll take a look." ”

Before the words fell, the figure in front of him flashed, and the wild man who had been submissive suddenly got under his armpit, and then Qin Mo's feet left the ground, and then, his back hit the ground, and he fell to the ground with a heavy cannibalism.

The savage snatched back the flag and muttered, "I said stop playing, you still have to play, I don't understand what I'm saying." ”

Qin Mo stood up with his waist and pointed at the savage: "Okay, you Zhang Qi, you are a savage, your waist is stiff, dare to fall me, I ...... Don't run, see how I clean you up. ”

The savage with his hair was Zhang Qi, the current governor of Hongyan Cave, who was in charge of 300 cave soldiers, and heard that Li Mao would pass by here, so he came to meet him. Li Mao's brigade walked to the bottom of the valley, he led the cave soldiers to walk the ridge, seeing that Li Mao was at the bottom of the valley, and was about to show up to meet him, suddenly there was a thick fog, and he appeared rashly at this time, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be misunderstood by the other party.

In a hurry, Zhang Qi ordered to blow the horn, and as soon as the horn was blown, the other party would inevitably be alert, and at this moment he would show up to see each other, but it would not cause misunderstanding among the other party. Zhang Qi's plan was perfect, but there was a little trouble in the execution, he tripped over the roots of a tree when he was going down the mountain, his center of gravity was unstable, and in order to prevent falling injuries, Zhang Qi could only run fast to maintain his balance, and the result was that he recklessly appeared in front of Li Mao's brigade.

Zhang Qi's luck lies in the fact that it is the elite of the Left Shence Army who guards Li Mao, if it is the reckless people of the Right Wei Yuan Army, maybe he will shoot him with ten thousand arrows early, then the first governor of Hong Yandong will not have the leisure to fight with Qin Mo here, at this moment, he will appear in front of Qin Mo with a bloody and blurred "hedgehog" image, making the latter cry bitterly.

Qin Mo finally caught up with Governor Zhang, so there were screams in the fog. Just when the front army asked Li Dingjin if he wanted to rush over to help, Qin Mo and Zhang Qi walked back shoulder to shoulder, the two talked and laughed, and they could wear a pair of pants intimately.

One scolded: "It's not promising, do you really want to be a son-in-law for someone else?" One replied, "Why, I am now the Governor of Dadu, commanding 300 soldiers." I don't interfere with the river water with her well water. ”

Qin Mo poked two fingers on Zhang Qi's bare belly and praised: "It's not promising, I've become the governor of the capital, why haven't you taken her down yet, in case someone else takes the lead, what should you do as the governor of the capital?" ”

Zhang Qi smiled: "What to do, cold salad." Okay, don't joke with you, take me to see Brother Mao, I have something to ask him. ”

Qin Mo said: "Ask him? What is there to tell me beforehand that you don't say? If you don't say it, don't think about seeing Brother Mao, if you dare to scream, no one will pay attention to you if you call your throat. ”

Zhang Qi shouted twice, but Li Mao didn't respond, Qin Mo said triumphantly: "What's the matter, no one will pay attention to shouting loudly." He is now a senior official of the imperial court, and you are now the governor of Hongyandong, so you can still get tired of being together as before, you can say whatever you want, and you have to pay attention to the rules. I'm the rule, you say, what's the matter. ”

Zhang Qi glanced at the shield array that was waiting for him and the awe-inspiring killing machine hidden behind the shield, sighed silently, and said with a smile: "She has tasted the benefits of civilization and enlightenment, and she wants to take out these good things and share them with other tribes of the same clan, but other people don't buy it." We pondered that if we didn't eat the toast, we would give him a penalty drink, and we would convince them first, so we ......"

Qin Mo knocked on Zhang Qi's stomach and said with a smile: "You said we, okay, brother." ”

Because of Zhang Qi's hospitality, Li Mao stayed in the valley for one night, at dusk, Hong Mumu rushed over from Hong Yan Cave, she is now a Han woman's attire, whether it is clothes, etiquette or hair accessories, all imitate a board and a glance, very serious, on the other hand, Zhang Qi is more and more like a savage.

Hong Mumu expressed to Li Mao the idea of using force to unify the Hongdongman scattered in the four prefectures of Jian, Li, Lang, and Long.

Li Mao asked, "Is there no other way to go?" If you have to use force, after all, you are the same clan and the same clan, and you will still be one family if you go back a few hundred years. ”

Hong Mumu said excitedly: "Our clan is too barbaric, too ignorant, and the leaders are too selfish, if we go with the flow, we will not be able to civilize and civilize for hundreds or thousands of years, and we will have to fall behind endlessly, use force, and shed blood, which is a last resort." After saying this, she said sadly, "It will be the festival of fire soon, and I don't know how many innocent people will die on the altar." ”

Zhang Qi was afraid that Li Mao would not understand, so he hurriedly explained that the Fire Festival was a traditional festival of Hongdongman, once every three years, when a living person was used as a sacrifice, tied to a wooden altar, and poured soybean oil and burned alive, so as to please the fire god and obtain its protection.

This phenomenon is common among the savage tribes, but Hong Mumu undoubtedly magnifies the catastrophic consequences, once every three years, each tribe burns to death some people who are seriously ill and unable to take care of themselves, although the humanitarian disaster caused cannot be ignored, but it does not pose a major threat to the survival of the tribe as a whole.

"Long pain is better than short pain, and I'm going to solve it once and for all."

Hong Mumu's eyes were firm, and she said sonorously, like a determined warrior, after she finished speaking, she smiled, and showed the shyness and shyness of a girl, she lowered her head and said:

"To win the battle, we need bows, arrows, leather armor, shields, and ...... And Zhang ......"

Qin Mo said: "You also want Zhang Dudu to help you, right, if you want it, just say it, if you don't say it, how do you know what you want." What you want, Brother Mao has no reason not to give it to you. That's right, Brother Mao, these things should be a congratulatory gift for the two of them to get married. Zhang Qi protested: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, in front of people." ”

Hong Mumu lowered his head, blushing with shame, and didn't say a word.

Li Mao finally agreed to Hong Mumu's request, he knew that it was difficult to convince her, and he couldn't stop her. Help her, she has an extra layer of chance. If you don't help her, she will have a little more difficulty, that's all.

Thinking about it the other way, she is right, long pain is better than short pain, in the duel between civilization and barbarism, we should stand on the side of civilization and progress with a clear banner. If you don't sweep away what is behind, it won't disappear automatically.

Li Mao made a request, asking Hong Mumu and Zhang Qi to go to Chang'an with him, meet the saint, and receive the official position, Hong Mumu's approach is not only to save the backward ethnic groups, but also the means of the Tang Dynasty government to promote civilization and enlightenment, the two are two sides of the same affairs, not only will not interfere with each other, but can promote each other.