Xue Shao had not yet stepped out of the Chang'an realm when he heard that, as Xue Yuanchao expected, the imperial court pulled the Western Expeditionary Army back to Luoyang to escort it, and the military power was directly returned to the Middle Palace. At the same time, the imperial court issued a holy decree to Wang Fangyi, the governor of Xiazhou, ordering him to go to the Western Regions to suppress the rebellion of the ten Turks.

Regarding Li Duozuo's personnel arrangement, Xue Shao can understand it. First of all, Li Duozuo's background is very simple, he is from the same as the deceased tiger general Li Jinxing, and his relationship in the court is relatively simple, and the only person he follows is Pei Xingjian. Now that Pei Xingjian has passed away, Li Duozuo will no longer be involved in too many political positions. The second saint gave him a firing line to promote him to give him a heavy responsibility, and Li Duozuo felt that the holy grace must do his best to repay the effect, and he had no two hearts.

This is the biggest benefit of Fanjiang, and this is also the reason why Li Jinxing was able to reuse it at the beginning.

Xue Shao thought to himself that the Anxi Tiger Division finally had a chance to kill back to the place where they became famous, the place where Pei Xingjian had led them to fight. For Wang Fangyi and others, this should be a good thing for their ambition to be rewarded and show their talents. However, their departure also left a hidden danger, and the role of the Tang Dynasty in the defense and impeachment of the northwest frontier was greatly weakened. If the Hu people in the northern desert or the Hetao area take advantage of this to make trouble, Datang will be unable to prevent it.

Xue Shao couldn't help but think of Ai Yan, at the end of last year, the imperial court sent Fengchen Weilang to secretly escort Liu Mian to the northern border to appease the Turkic remnants, and he has not returned. I don't know what the situation is.

"Xue Gongzi, why do you have to think too much?" Seeing that Xue Shao was preoccupied, Kudi persuaded, "Since people are not in the court, there is no need to think about those troublesome things." Since then, Childe has been tired and busy. Why not take a break now? ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Madame is right. I'm a little worried. There is no shortage of capable people in the DPRK, and it is really useless for me to dream here. ”

"I didn't mean that." Kudi said, "Childe takes the affairs of the military as his own responsibility, which is very similar to his first husband. It's just that I don't want my son to be as sad and sad as my late husband. If he is in his position, he will do his job; Since he is no longer in his place, why not let go of his heart and give yourself a lightheart? ”

"That's true!" Xue Shao suddenly smiled, "Madam, you're really open-minded!" ”

"This person lives to be open-minded and open-minded!" "Although the man of his late life is respected, he has never enjoyed a day of comfort and happiness in his life, and he has been working hard until he dies. He is certainly worthy of the Tang Dynasty, the king, and his army and robes. But at the same time, didn't he break the hearts of his relatives and children? ”

Xue Shao sighed and said, "Don't worry, madam, I will take care of you." ”

"I'm not worried about that." Kudi also sighed and said, "I'm advising Gongzi, it's important to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but don't let down the relatives around you." In a person's life, everything is not brought in life and not taken away in death, so what is the use of leaving a name in Qing history? When people are dead, is there any use for false names? …… Only relatives will completely change their lives because of the death of a person, and they will still miss him. Therefore, you must cherish and treat every one of your loved ones well! ”

"I see." Xue Shao nodded thoughtfully, the words of the surviving Kudi clan can be regarded as the heartfelt words of the statement.

Two days later, Xue Shao and his entourage escorted Pei Xingjian's corpse and arrived at Pei's village in Wenxi County.

Pei Xingjian has been an official all his life, honest, kind, charitable and helpful, even ordinary people who have never had any intersection with him, they respect him from the bottom of their hearts and are grateful to him.

When people from ten miles and eight towns heard that Pei Xingjian had passed away, they all came to worship and mourn.

The imperial court also issued an edict, ordering officials of all sizes in the court to go to the former residence of Duke Pei in Wenxi Township to mourn Duke Pei.

Therefore, Pei Xingjian's funeral and funeral were very lively. There were a lot of high-ranking officials in the capital, and the imperial court also sent special people to handle it. Xue Shao wore filial piety in front of Pei Xingjian's spirit and presided over the funeral until Pei Xingjian was buried.

So many big officials in the capital came and went in a hurry. When Pei Xingjian entered the soil for peace, the former residence of the Pei family was already a snub in front of the door.

Officialdom has always been a matter of people walking through tea.

The world is hot and cold, nothing more than this.

Xue Shao built a row of huts with bamboo and thatch next to Pei Xingjian's tomb, and he lived here to guard the tomb of Pei Gong. Wu Ming, Yuenu and Guo An and others also lived here.

In addition to giving Pei Gong incense and sweeping the tomb every morning and dusk, Xue Shao spent most of his spare time reading books, reading the thick pile of jute paper manuscripts left by Pei Gong, and Xue Shao named it "Wenxi Testament".

There are many, many records about the Western Regions, from customs and customs to geomorphology and hydrology, as well as the ethnic characteristics and lifestyles of various tribes, as well as the summary of experience in governing people's livelihood and the key points of planning and arranging troops.

It can be said that Pei Gong had already determined before setting off that the battle to pacify the Western Regions should be fought. At the same time, he also knew that his body was likely not to survive the moment of victory in the Western Expedition, so he wrote down all the main points and handed them to Xue Shao.

The intent is clear at a glance.

Every time Xue Shao reads this volume of "Wen Xi's Testament", he often can't help but feel bitter and indignant in his heart. If Pei Gong learned in the Spirit of Heaven that the Western Expeditionary Army under his command had not even walked out of the pass, and his heir was now hiding in the mountains and wilderness every day in obscurity, accompanied by the mountains and forests, how would he feel as an old man?

However, Xue Shao still has one thing to do related to military martial arts - training scouts!

There is a large area of natural jungle, lakes and mountains in Wenxi Village, which is really a good place for training troops made in heaven.

Xue Shao gave Wu Ming the main task of training scouts, but he himself was not idle. As a top special forces soldier in the 21st century, Xue Shao has mastered many modern military skills with extremely high scientific and technological content, which Guo An and others cannot imagine and will never learn. Even when he was in the Three Blades Brigade, he only taught some skins. After all, the people of the Three Swords Brigade were just some recruits at that time, and Xue Shao did not expect to train them into "special forces" of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, Xue Shao has taught him all his skills. There are many skills in it, which even make Wu Ming breathtaking.

For example, the military and police fighting technique to defeat the enemy in one move!

Wu Ming was born in Shaolin and is a traditional Chinese martial arts master. His kung fu is only an achievement after decades of practice. However, the military and police fighting technique of defeating the enemy with one move is a masterful technique that can read the strengths of hundreds of schools under the guidance of science and technology, and it is the most practical and quickest kung fu to kill the enemy. Otherwise, it would be impossible for those young people who have only been in the army for two years to quickly grow into a "killing machine" with a load of 100 without any foundation in martial arts.

Xue Shao taught Guo An and them all!

There are also many wilderness survival skills that are required for special forces, chemical and physical applications, and the compilation and decipherment of secret codes...... And so on, after Xue Shao communicated with Wu Ming, combined with the actual situation of Datang, he taught Guo An and these people.

The characteristics of this group of scouts can be described as a combination of ancient and modern, a perfect fusion of technology and tradition. They are destined to be extraordinary and outstanding.

Of course, no matter how much they train, it is impossible for them to train into the kind of "special forces" that Xue Shao is familiar with. At the very least, they don't have a modern military-industrial setup to go with it. But what is the same is that they have the same loyalty, blood, fearlessness and strength as their comrades-in-arms in Xue Shao's previous life!

Subtly, Guo An and others are undergoing reborn changes.

Xue Shao concentrated on reading and practicing scouts, but it didn't mean that he didn't care about the affairs of the court. Every once in a while, he would send someone to Chang'an or Luoyang to inquire about the news. It should be regarded as a "real combat exercise" of the scouts' reconnaissance skills.

During the days when Xue Shao was "in seclusion", news of the imperial capital kept coming. He was well-informed, no less than the officials who accompanied the emperor.

After the two saints moved their capital to Luoyang, it took a long time to settle down, and Luoyang was busy for a while. During this period, Emperor Li Zhi lived in seclusion and rarely appeared in public. Many times, it is the diva who presides over the big and small affairs. In fact, Li Tang's roots have always been deeply rooted in the area of Guanlong and Chang'an. The eastern capital of Luoyang is a place where the "cutting-edge" political forces are relatively concentrated. When Wu Zetian arrived in Luoyang, he was like a fish in water.

Many of the bureaucrats here were promoted by Wu Zetian, and they were very supportive of the queen of heaven. Many poor disciples are willing to come to Luoyang to study or activities, because the queen of heaven has always attached importance to poor disciples, and is willing to get close to and promote poor disciples. For example, in the early years, the queen of heaven selected them to compile books for herself, which was actually to use them as think tank staff. Many of them have been reused and stepped onto the political stage, and there are not a few who are now in high positions. For example, Yuan Wanqing, he was Xue Shao's top boss.

Most of the news from Luoyang is related to the queen of heaven. There is no such thing as a heavy dà for the time being, at least the emperor has not hung up yet.

One of the most important significance of moving the capital to Wu Zetian is to be able to successfully get rid of the prime minister's group and control the seriously ill emperor, so as to facilitate his monopoly of power and make various arrangements in advance for what happened after the emperor's death!

Chang'an, on the other hand, was calmer.

Pei Yan stayed behind with Xue Yuanchao and Liu Renliang, the three important ministers and prime ministers, to assist the prince in supervising the country. Since the capital of the two saints has moved to Luoyang, important military affairs generally fall on Luoyang's side to deal with, and it is neither much nor important for Chang'an to deal with. These three most important prime ministers of the dynasty were left out of military affairs together. The supreme power of the Tang Dynasty has actually fallen into the full grasp of the Queen of Heaven.

The only one who got away with it was the crown prince Li Xian.

He finally left the sight of the two saints and was free. There is a famine in Chang'an, and the price of rice has risen more than 20 times as much as before. Many people began to flee the famine, but this did not seem to hinder the indulgence of the crown prince Li Xian. He often went to the Forbidden Garden to hunt, and every day he had a lot of fun with eagles, dogs, cockfights, and gambling. Anyway, it wasn't his turn to intervene in political affairs, and it was all Pei Yan and others who had the final say, so he simply broke the jar and ignored these troublesome things, and only cared about his own fun.

During this period, Li Xian sent people to Wenxi three times to comfort Pei Gong's widow and orphans, and each time he brought a large number of gifts and utensils. Then, the officials of the East Palace he sent to offer condolences would come to Xue Shao every time to ask Xue Shao, when would he return to Chang'an?

Xue Shao knew that Li Xian hoped that he would go back to give him a helper and help him fight against the strong Pei Yan together, hoping to win a little power space from Pei Yan. But Xue Shao was not interested in this kind of thing, and every time he replied to the officials of the East Palace, I was disheartened and had nothing else to care about, and I just wanted to guard the tomb of Gong Pei here.

The officials of the East Palace had no choice but to repay the truth.

Li Xian couldn't ask for it, so he had to still break the can, and the flying eagle dog had a lot of fun every day.

Xue Shao lived in the mountains and fields of Wenxi for more than three months. From spring to summer solstice, a lot of new grass has grown on Pei Gong's new grave.

In the evening of that day, Xue Shao was wearing a rough cloth coat and personally weeding Pei Gong's grave, when a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

Forbidden master, Yang Siqiao.

"The villain did not dare to disturb the colt. Only on the orders of His Royal Highness, I came to give a sentence to the horse, His Highness's own words. Yang Siqiao saw Xue Shao, knelt down on one knee and bowed his head to worship, very respectful,

Xue Shao smiled, "Say." ”

Yang Siqiao really said-

"Bad guy, your teacher has unfortunately passed away, you are sad and sad, but you don't even want a wife?!"

Xue Shao couldn't help but shiver all over, and goosebumps appeared all over his body.

If Princess Taiping said this in her ear, it would be okay to listen to it. Right now, it came out of Yang Siqiao's mouth...... Xue Shao really wants to beat him up now!