In the room, Wei Ge sat facing the wall, he had been silent for a whole quarter of an hour to return to the signs of reality, several important figures of the Wei family stood behind him, quietly looking at the Tang Dynasty military department Shangshu who had been hit in a row, no one dared to disturb him, in just one month, Helong suddenly changed, from a monopoly to a three-strong situation, if not handled properly, this is likely to be the turning point of the Wei family's decline, the firecrackers outside are still ringing, the sound of silk music has not stopped, the birthday celebration continues, but the room is very quiet. Drunken Dew Academy

At that time, Jiang Jian also stood among several important figures of the Wei family, at this time his heart was extremely complicated, he originally took a fancy to the strong strength of the Wei family, and its power in the DPRK was slightly weak, and he could become the backbone of the Wei party, so he refused to be co-opted by Cui and Pei and chose the Wei family as his backstage, which is a kind of psychology that would rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, but at this time he suddenly understood a truth, although the small tree can occupy a larger place under the shade, but under the storm, the small tree is very likely to fall down and hurt himself, He regrets it a little, but regret is regret, but he has no way out, is it a retreat? This will affect her daughter's reputation, but her daughter's reputation is not the most important, but her own reputation is ruined.

"Jiang Shilang and Brother Zhen stay, and the rest will go to celebrate my mother's birthday!" Wei Ge finally spoke, but Jiang Lian's heart suddenly sank, Wei Ge was actually very sober, more sober than ever.

Wei Ge turned around, he had calmed down, things had happened, remorse and self-blame were useless, only by facing the reality could it be possible to recover the decline, although Zhang Huan and Duan Xiushi occupied Hexi and Shuofang respectively, but the two of them had a stable foothold and their strength was weak, but they could figure it out one by one, the key was not to let them form an alliance, once they formed an alliance and joined forces to go south, half of Longyou's country would be finished, although Zhang Huan had the least troops.

But the combat power is sharp, and there is a strong city, and more importantly, he has a great righteousness. He is the justifiable governor of Liangzhou. Instead, it's the hardest to fight. It's Duan Xiushi, who is weak and weak, and can make a game.

Thinking of this, Wei Ge raised his head and looked at Jiang Jian with great sincerity, "Jiang Shilang, how do you think the old man should move next?" ”

The chicken is helpless when it flies, and it is not worth it when the egg is beaten.

Jiang Jian smiled bitterly in his heart, so he had to sit down slowly. He muttered and said, "I don't know the specific situation. It's hard to say much, but I know one thing, the Cui and Pei families destroyed Hedong, and the next target must be Longyou, Pei Junke can cross the Yellow River west. Cui Yuan can be out of Fengxiang. The car in front of the Zhang family is still there, and Wei Shangshu must be guarded against. ”

"Thank you Brother Jin Yu for your kind words. Brother Yu kept it in mind, I plan to let Wei Qing and Ying'er get married after the New Year, what does Brother Xian think? Jiang Jian saw that he was approaching step by step, and he couldn't answer for a while, he thought about it for a while and said, "I thought that in the end, the two of them would have more contact, and the two would be happy, and the marriage would be happy, what did Brother Wei think?" ”

Wei Ge smiled slightly, "In this case, then Ying'er will stay in Longyou!" After the beginning of spring, I let Wei Qing officially come to the door, so it's decided! ”

Jiang Jian had no choice but to agree, let go of a matter of concern, Wei Ge said to the second brother Wei Xu: "The matter in Hexi is related to the life and death of my Wei family, the second brother should also talk about it!" ”

Wei Zhen is Wei Ge's younger brother, only two years younger than him, and he is very old and steady, he has been thinking about the change of Helong, and when he saw the eldest brother asking him, he said frankly: "I agree with Jiang Shilang's opinion, to prevent the Cui and Pei families from taking advantage of the fire to rob, this matter is urgent, and it needs to be discussed in the long run, I think the eldest brother should think about it first, one will block Zhang Huan in Hexi, and the other can prevent Zhang and Duan from joining forces, what does the eldest brother think?" ”

Wei Ge lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded, "You are reasonable, then I will simply act steadily, now that the weather is cold, Zhang Huan can use a sneak attack to take Hexi, but he can't use a sneak attack to take Longyou, so he will not use troops for the time being, I decided to send a messenger to test Zhang Huan's tone and make a decision." Drunken Dew Academy"

Wei Zhen smiled, "I asked the court for a month's leave, and I have nothing to do, so why don't I run for my eldest brother!" ”

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Wuwei County, the blizzard that raged for several days stopped three days ago, the sky was sunny after the snow, the red sun shone on the snow, weak and lacking enthusiasm, the streets were full of Shengdou small people who went out to clean, three days ago, someone knocked on the door from door to door, telling them that the new appointment of the imperial court Wuwei County Assassin was appointed, he understood the suffering of the people, encouraged everyone to go to the street to clear the snow, can earn fifty yuan a day, although the money is not much, but there are still a large number of people guys on the street, a few days of cleaning, the streets of Wuwei County finally began to live, Wine shops, teahouses, green buildings, inns have opened for business, although the business is cold, but there is hope when the door is opened, many guests are sent out by large families to inquire about the news of the local family, the large family knows more news than ordinary people, Wuwei has changed the sky, the small family has no impact, but the big family is different, the warlords in the troubled times, they are often the first to be slaughtered and fattened.

The four gates of the city are closed, only the south gate is open, there are few people outside the city, there is a white land in the distance, a team of hundreds of cavalry guards a carriage is slowly entering the city, in a carriage in front, Pei Ying is pulling the curtain, watching with interest the people in full swing shoveling snow, many people stopped and looked at this fairy-like woman in amazement, in a carriage behind her sat the original Tianbao County Ling Lady, that is, the rather strange Yang Feiyu, her face was gloomy, He looked at this majestic city with complicated eyes.

At this time, Jiu Han greeted from afar with a team of cavalry, and he stepped forward to salute Pei Ying and said, "Madam, the governor is receiving the envoy of the Anbei army, and ordered me to lead you to the mansion first." ”

Although Pei Ying was still only a quasi-lady, she liked that others called her like this, she pursed her lips and smiled, "Then it will be troublesome to the general." ”

+= General. ”

At this time, Yang Feiyu pointed to the people working and asked, "Paying for them to shovel snow, whose idea was this?" ”

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Yang Feiyu was robbed, her face was swollen red, and she closed the curtain of the car with a brush, but Jiu Han's explanation to Pei Ying was humble in her ears, "Madam, this is the idea of Mr. Du, the new staff of the governor, to pay for the people to work,

They were afraid to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. ”

Yang Feiyu's teeth couldn't help but bite secretly, and a strange thought suddenly appeared in his heart.

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Wuwei County has five counties under its jurisdiction. With a total population of more than 100,000 people, the scale is the central governor of the state, and generally speaking, the governor is also the assassin. Integration of military and government. The subordinates are also two sets of teams and one set of people. The Assassin Yamen and the Governor Army are naturally together, located in the middle of the city, next to the small school, covering an area of more than 100 acres, the front is the official residence behind the office, quite a bit of momentum.

At this moment, Zhang Huan was receiving Duan Xiu's envoy in the inner hall of the agency, and under him, sat Zhang Huan's newly recruited staff Du Mei, and the envoy was the judge of the Anbei Army. It's called Ma Xingzhong. is a middle-aged man in his forties, a three-year jinshi in Qingzhi, with a gentle appearance and delicate skin, and he can't tell that he is an official in the army at all, and he has no majesty and murderous atmosphere. Thin eyebrows and fine eyes. It's like a teacher.

Although he was a special envoy, the purpose of his trip was to hand over a letter from Duan Xiushi to Zhang Huan. Then Zhang Huan explained the incomprehension of the letter, the letter was written very thickly, and there were thousands of words sprinkled with joy, the beginning was gratitude to Zhang Huan, but then it was a long speech, how the ancestors were, how in a certain classic, quoting scriptures, but there was only one meaning to be said over and over again, to Zhang Huan loyal to the imperial court, and not to do the matter of separation, at the end of the letter is to hope that the two families will form an alliance to jointly deal with Webster's counterattack. Drunken Dew Academy

Zhang Huan watched it for a quarter of an hour before he patiently read the letter, he closed the letter, and smiled slightly at Ma Xingzhong: "Speaking of which, I and General Duan still have the same friendship, both of which are loyal to Your Majesty, and the Helong region has been divided into Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Ma Xingzhong smiled, "My old general knew that the governor would readily agree, so I didn't need to think about what to say, just hand over the letter." ”

Speaking of this, Ma Xingzhong sighed slightly and said: "Old General Duan often told me that the junior he admired the most was the Dudu, if it wasn't for the first emperor who had to take the Dudu away, he would definitely accept the Dudu as his closed disciple, but unfortunately God didn't give him this opportunity, and now fortunately, there is a fateful meeting, General Duan hopes that the Dudu will have time to go to the Lingwu Club for a while, and talk about the old feelings, he was the envoy of the Hexi Festival, and he can also give the Dudu some pointers, how about the Dudu?" ”

Zhang Huan secretly sneered in his heart, first in the letter he talked at length about his loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and now he wants to set the name of master and apprentice, to put it bluntly, he Duan Xiushi just wants to use the name of the old ministers of the Four Dynasties and the capital protector of Anbei to pressure himself, make himself his subordinate, and obey his orders, what such a good thing in the world? He smiled faintly and said, "Now that the Pontus Governor has a heavy military and political burden, he really can't spare time, so let's come to Japan for a long time!" ”

After a deep sigh, he continued: I still have a word to ask Judge Ma to convey together. ”

Ma Xingzhong saw that Zhang Huan had rejected Duan Xiu's invitation, and he was really a little disappointed in his heart, so he smiled reluctantly, "Governor, please!" ”

Zhang Huan's face slowly became gloomy, and he said in a slightly cold tone: "Wuluo still needs to be supplemented by a literary attack, although General Duan has won Lingwu, but his name is not right, if he can't be recognized by the imperial court, not to mention that Wei Ge is famous, even he himself may not be able to stay in Lingwu for a long time, so the next thing is not to figure out how to expand his power, but to find a way to truly turn Lingwu County into his own territory." ”

Ma Xingzhong's face was slightly red, he understood the implication of Zhang Huan's words, he Zhang Huan was the official governor of Liangzhou appointed by the imperial court, but you Duan Xiushi was not rightly named, take care of yourself first, this is implicitly warning Duan Xiushi not to fight the idea of Hexi.

He sighed secretly in his heart, then stood up and saluted Zhang Huanchang, "Zhang Dudu is willing to form an alliance with Old General Duan to deal with Wei Ge together, this is the most urgent matter for our two families, and we should be in the same boat." ”

Zhang Huan also stood up and arched his hand and smiled: "As long as General Duan is sincere, everything is easy to say!" ”

Ma Xingzhong hurried back to reply, and refused to stay longer, even if he took Zhang Huan's reply letter and left, when he left, Zhang Huan returned to the inner hall and shook his head at Du Mei and said: "It seems that this Xiushi is also a wolf!" ”

Du Mei smiled and said: "It's no wonder that Duan Xiushi wants to put on the shelf of his elders, the governor has only been in the army for a year, and even the qualifications of a small soldier are not as good, so he has achieved the position of the governor of the third rank in one step, which courtier can be convinced?" Not to mention Duan Xiushi, a veteran of the Four Dynasties who once served as the envoy of the four towns of Hexi and Anxi. ”

Speaking of this, he secretly looked at Zhang Huan's face, and when he saw that he was smiling and silent, he mustered up the courage and said: "Moreover, the governor fled from Chang'an to Hedong with a tired army of 3,000, and from Hedong to Longyou. In the end, he ran to a remote county, and to put it nicely, he was looking for a foundation, and to put it badly, he was like a lost dog. At least that's what Lu Sigong thinks. He didn't take the governor seriously at all. So Duan Xiushi let you belong to him, I don't think he wants to seek Hexi, but it is a natural idea, Du Du must not be estranged from Duan Xiushi because of this, so that Wei Ge can benefit from it! ”

Zhang Huan nodded silently, Du Mei was right, there are some things that he is in and does not know, and someone must be there to remind him, this is the role of the staff. He arched his hand to Du Mei gratefully and smiled, "Thank you, sir, for reminding me."

It's just that Zhang Huan is not as embarrassed as a lost dog! ”

Du Mei's hanging heart was put down, and he hurriedly smiled: "This is Lu Si's original words, and his subordinates are just paraphrasing, but the governor is tenacious and resolute in his actions." Now it's good again. The subordinates can now make up their minds, the land of Helong. Sooner or later, he will be the governor. ”

Zhang Huan laughed, "I love to hear this." ”

He strode into the inner hall, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Sir, please take a seat, let's discuss how to deal with the Wei family?" ”

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The official residence of the assassin and the office are separated by a wall, the layout of the office is square, each room is distributed left and right along a central axis, and the official residence is different, pay attention to the twists and turns, the layout is staggered, the pavilions and pavilions, the rockery fish pond are all hidden in the clusters of green trees, there is no green at this time, the red wall and black tiles are set off

The snow is unique.

Zhang Huandi's inner house is located in the middle of the official residence, consisting of ** rooms, and on both sides of the inner house are guest rooms and people's residences, and there are more than 20 houses in the westernmost part, which is the accommodation of the guards.

Although there are not many rooms in the inner house, it is still too spacious for Pei Ying, she marched with Zhang Huan all the way, except for some necessary clothes, the rest of the cage sundries are nothing, although Yang Feiyu in Tianbao County gave her some items, but this time she did not bring them, in the face of the empty room, she felt very uncomfortable.

"Madam, this place was originally occupied by several concubines of Lord Xin, and they took everything with them when they returned to Jincheng County." It was an old housekeeper surnamed Yan who spoke, and after Xin Yunjing left, he and his wife were left to guard the inner house.

"It's okay to take it, I'm going to throw it away if they use it." Pei Ying looked at the empty sleeping couch, and sighed secretly in her heart, having said that, what should I do tonight? She thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any shops around here that sell household items?" ”

"No, I've already arranged it." Zhang Huan's voice suddenly came from the door, Pei Ying hurriedly turned around, only to see Zhang Huan standing at the door open, looking at her with a smile.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, not seen for five or six days, Pei Ying's lovesickness for Ailang has long been unforgettable, at this time she can no longer restrain the excitement in her heart, regardless of the presence of the old housekeeper and the maid, she suddenly threw herself into Ailang's arms, hugged him tightly without saying a word, and tears immediately poured out.

Zhang Huan gently stroked her hair and said softly: "I live in the barracks these days, thinking that you will only arrive tomorrow, so I didn't arrange the room, and the things have already been bought." ”

He pulled Pei Ying to the outside of the inner house, and saw that the open space was filled with hundreds of large cages, and there were notes pasted on the cages, with the words "bedroom, guest hall, study, side room, etc.", all of which had been allocated one by one, and fifty or sixty personal soldiers were standing aside, and they were gearing up, waiting for an order to start arranging.

Pei Ying saw that Zhang Huan was ready, she was happy in her heart, and hurriedly said to her soldiers: "I will clean up the bedroom by myself, and everyone can do it in other rooms." ”

Mrs. sometimes speaks more effectively than the governor, the soldiers responded with a bang, started together, and began to work in full swing, Pei Ying was about to enter the house, Zhang Huan saw that it was still early, so he grabbed her and said with a smile: "It's still early, I'll take you to buy some jewelry pendants." ”

Of course, Pei Ying knew that this was Zhang Huan looking for an opportunity to talk to herself, she smiled and nodded heavily, like a happy bird, pulling Zhang Huan and running out, until their figures disappeared, and a pair of eyes full of jealousy slowly flashed in the room next to her.

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In the carriage, the four lips were like glue and paint, and it took a long time to reluctantly separate, Pei Ying lay in Ailang's arms with a red face, letting his hands knead wantonly in her clothes, and she looked up from time to time to kiss his chin full of thorns.

"Go sick, do you miss me?"

"Yes!"

"What's the idea?"

"When I was so cold that I was about to die, I thought about the warmth in your bedding, and I didn't feel cold."

Pei Ying listened to his words and couldn't help touching his chin lovingly, "But you succeeded, didn't you?" ”

Zhang Huan pulled his hand out of her clothes, held her face and kissed her lips again, "This is just the beginning, I still have to put in a lot of effort to really establish myself in Hexi."

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Zhang Huan put his arm around her, pulled the curtain and pointed to the wealthy families on the other side of the river and said: "Have you seen it, there is very little arable land in Hexi, but all of them are occupied, and after I reach a reconciliation with the Wei family, the next thing to do is to take back all the land and distribute it to the Xiliang Army." ”

Pei Ying's brows furrowed slightly, she sat up straight and looked at Zhang Huan in amazement: "Go sick, haven't you thought about getting their support?" Emperor Guangwu relied on the support of Haoqiang to finally restore the Han family.

"But it also planted the root of the demise of the Han family." Zhang Huan interrupted her with a smile, "I am also a scholar, and I was also a disciple of the gate valve, why don't I know that I want to get the support of the family?" When Gaozu seized the Yang family, to a large extent, he obtained the support of the major famous families in Hedong and Shandong, but at this time and that time, Hexi was sparsely populated, but there was a lack of arable land, and the Wei family was strong, if you want to compete with the Wei family, you must first have a strong army, and you must be absolutely loyal to me, but this is not something that can be done by lip service, you must give them practical benefits, let them take root in Hexi with peace of mind, and let their interests be closely related to my rise and fall, so that only the same thing can be done. ”

"Land!" Pei Ying blurted out.

"That's right! It's the land. Zhang Huan nodded, he leaned against the wall of the car and said with a faint smile: "I can't let the soldiers work for me, but let their families be exploited by these wealthy families!" ”

Pei Ying gradually understood what Zhang Huan meant, and an idea of helping him achieve a great cause suddenly welled up in her heart, this idea was so strong and irresistible, she lowered her head and thought about it and asked, "You just said that you want to reconcile with the Wei family, what does this mean?" ”

"I need time to run Hexi, first of all, I have to reconcile with the Wei family, and I have more than 8,000 soldiers, but most of their families are in Longyou, controlled by the Wei family, if they want to really become my soldiers, they must move their families to Hexi, so I have no choice."

"And what are you going to do?"

"Of course, it is to exchange the least price for the maximum benefit." Zhang Huan patted her face lightly and smiled: "If I guess correctly, Wei Ge should send someone to discuss the redemption of prisoners of war in the past few days, of course, this is just Wei Ge's temptation, before finding out the real intentions of the other party, no one will easily reveal their bottom line, I am also ready to send an envoy to Kaiyang County, I happened to hear that Mrs. Wei is on her birthday, so I used the birthday as an excuse." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan suddenly understood something, he looked at Pei Ying in surprise, Pei Ying smiled slightly, and arched her hand: "Little girl Pei Ying, I am willing to serve Zhang Dudu!" ”