Xue Shao and his party rode horses on the stone road, and the sound of tuks made from the horses' hooves. At the entrance of the wall fort in front, there is a female wall urn city similar to a military town, and there is a moat outside the city, and there is a hanging gate hanging on the river.

Seeing this, everyone was a little angry, and at present, the city gate of this system is generally only used in the border military town. A local tyrant wall fort in Suizhou also dared to build like this, where was it to resist the enemy?

"Where the sesame is a big bird, you dare to build a military fort!" Niu Ben couldn't help it and shouted, "Those birds, don't you still want to rebel?" ”

The big old man's blind roar really shouted out everyone's hearts.

Wu Ming also said: "Son, this wall fort is indeed built against the system. ”

Xue Shao nodded and said, "This is still a military fort built during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it has survived to this day. It doesn't hurt if it's just preserved as a monument or used as an ordinary person to live in. Now it is occupied by two powerful people, which means a country within a country. ”

"Tear it down!" Everyone said in unison.

Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "Where do the tens of thousands of people in that castle live?" ”

The crowd was stunned, and then fell silent.

Wu Ming pondered for a moment and said: "If you can cut off the powerful and powerful, exterminate the private soldiers, break the self-contained pattern within the wall fort, and let it belong to the unified rule of the government, it will not hurt if there are people living in it." ”

"Well said." Xue Shao nodded in approval, "The wall fort itself has not made a mistake, and most of the people in the fort are good citizens, so if you can't demolish it, you don't have to kill more." As long as the individual tumors are solved and the old custom of family autonomy within the wall fortress is not returned to the king, it can be done! ”

"Let me go!" Niu Ben shouted, "It doesn't matter if his surname is Liu or Yang, those two heads are like two big watermelons, I will shoot one accurately, and I will call it a day after the shooting!" ”

Everyone laughed.

Xue Shao said: "You give me a little restraint." I will not give you orders, and you will not be allowed to move in the slightest. Otherwise, I'll shoot your big watermelon first! ”

"Uh...... Be! ”

The people came to the front of the fort, the hanging gate hung high, and the water in the moat below was surging, and the river was not shallow.

"Who's coming?" On the watchtower behind the hanging gate, someone asked in a loud voice.

Wu Ming said loudly: "Xue Chengyu, the governor of Xiazhou, came to visit in person. Don't put down the hanging door yet? ”

"What?"

The people on the watchtower were obviously taken aback, and hurriedly climbed down the watchtower and ran to report the news.

After a long time, everyone waited a little impatiently.

Niu Ben couldn't hold it back, and said hatefully: "What a bird who doesn't know how to die, the emperor has never neglected my young marshal so much, he dares to be so big!" ”

Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "Well frogs can't talk about the sea, and summer insects can't talk about ice." ”

"What do you mean?" The cow runs straight round eyeballs.

Wu Ming said with a smile: "Childe means that you don't have to meet with him. The little tyrant in a small place is such a self-righteous and stupid virtue who does not know the height of the sky. ”

As he spoke, the hanging door was lowered. On the other side of the moat, there was a group of people, and there were two wealthy middle-aged men who were bowing to Xue Shao.

"Liu Yuan, Yang Tong, lead the townships of Hongyun Castle to welcome Governor Xue Dujia!"

Xue Shao rode forward and said with a smile like a spring wind: "The two sages don't need to be polite. Xue took the liberty to disturb, don't blame him. ”

"How dare you, how dare you!"

One of the middle-aged men dressed in brocade silk and wearing a mink fur stepped forward and bowed to Xue Shao, "Liu Yuan has seen Xue Dudu's immortal appearance again, and he is fortunate in his life!" ”

Xue Shao looked at Liu Yuan, and he did have an impression - to be precise, it was the memory left by the son of Lantian who had an impression of him.

"Count Liu, we meet again." Xue Shao said quietly, "I have heard for a long time that the Hongyun Fort family has a great business and is prosperous. Don't you invite the official to come in and take a look and open your eyes? ”

The Governor laughed. Liu Yuan lowered his eyebrows and smiled obediently, and bowed his hand and said, "Please take the reins for the governor and enter the castle to have a look!" ”

"Don't dare to bother." Xue Shao jumped off the horse, "Please!" ”

"Please!"

Yang Tong didn't say much, but Liu Yuan walked directly to Xue Shao's side unceremoniously, leading Xue Shao and his party into the fort.

Niu Ben and others saw this scene so angry, rude, and arrogant! - This guy actually dares to walk side by side with Young Marshal Xue!

Hongyun Fort is indeed very large, with thousands of acres of fertile fields inside, thousands of houses, market corridors like cities, and clan children as military guards patrolling the fort to maintain law and order, and there is a large school field for practicing bow horses.

Xue Shao visited all the way, and only praised Hongyun Fort for how orderly, rich and peaceful.

Yang Tong and Liu Yuan were still a little nervous and restrained at first, but after listening to Xue Shao's praise and praise, they gradually became proud, and even boasted about themselves.

"Don't hide it from the governor, there are ten years of corn in the fort. Although in the year of famine, tens of thousands of people in the fort had no worries about food and clothing. Yang Tong said, "The former was in Guanzhong in a severe drought, and many people fled here. Hongyun Fort should accept it and let him live and work in peace and contentment, and now those people don't want to go back to Guanzhong. ”

"Really?" Xue Shao nodded and smiled, "That's really a great achievement!" ”

"I don't dare to take credit for it." Yang Tong seemed to be modest and bowed his hand, "As the saying goes, drinking water and thinking about the source, sharing worries for the court and solving problems for the Son of Heaven is also within my share!" ”

"Well said." Xue Shao nodded and smiled, but he sneered in his heart!

――No wonder Bai Tieyu didn't dare to move Hongyun Castle when he rebelled, this is simply a country within a country ruled by land. If you want to attack it by force, the difficulty is definitely no less than that of taking down a Suizhou prefecture city. Now, I'm afraid that the people in the fort only know Liu Yuan and Yang Tong, but don't know the Tang Emperor!

After visiting for a while, Liu Yuan hosted a banquet for Xue Shao and his party in his mansion.

Everyone was a little dumbfounded when they arrived at the Liu family's mansion, this place was almost about to fight with the Taiping Princess Mansion in Chang'an!

Liu Yuan saw everyone's surprise in his eyes, and his heart was obviously very proud, and said to Xue Shao: "The humble house is shabby, which makes Xue Dudu smile!" ”

"Count Liu is too modest." Xue Shao said lightly, "Except for the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang, this is the most magnificent mansion Xue has ever seen!" ”

"Overrated, overrated!" Liu Yuan laughed, "Xue Dudu, please!" ”

Wu Ming and the others all sneered in their hearts, this guy really doesn't know whether to live or die!

Everyone entered the banquet in turn, and Wu Ming and others had a banquet in the side hall and were entertained by Yang Tong. In the main hall, only Xue Shao and Liu Yuan had a banquet, but hundreds of rare and exquisite dishes were discharged, including many palace delicacies that would only be used by foreign guests in the palace for banquets, and even some strange dishes that Xue Shao couldn't call famous, not to mention the extravagant and cruel dishes such as monkey brains, orangutan lips and parrot tongues.

As soon as Liu Yuan took the wine glass to Xue Shao's first wine, there was a silk bamboo behind the bead curtain, and dozens of maiko danced to it. Xue Shao glanced at it, these maiko were all young, beautiful and graceful, and their dancing posture was quite beautiful and professional, almost not inferior to the eighteen beauties selected by Princess Taiping from the palace workshop.

Obviously, these dozens of maiko are the tools for Liu Yuan's entertainment, and they make a career out of it.

At this point, Xue Shao can only use one word to describe Liu Yuan's life, poor and extravagant!

The princes and generals of Chang'an did not have the luxury of being like him. Including Xue Shao, even if it is the former son of Lantian.

"Come, Xue Dudu, please drink this cup full!" Liu Yuan toasted Xue Shao with a smile and said, "This is the eighteen-year treasure left by Liu's late father!" ”

"Rare." Xue Shao replied lightly and took a sip, "It's really good wine!" ”

"It's not a secret, this is the daughter red buried by his father when Liu gave birth to a little girl." Liu Yuan said, "Unexpectedly, my granddaughter has not yet married, and my father drove away a few months ago!" ”

Xue Shao's brows furrowed slightly, "Ling Yuan is still in the boudoir?" ”

Liu Yuan smiled, "Dudu, are you interested in meeting the little girl?" ”

"Doesn't you have to?" Xue Shao said, "There is a lot of embarrassment with each other. ”

Liu Yuan put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the little girl will definitely not be entangled with you anymore." ”

Xue Shao blinked, what do you mean?

"As the saying goes, a husband and wife are kind for a hundred days, and Xue Dudu doesn't miss the slightest kindness, doesn't he want to look at her again?" Liu Yuan was a little aggressive.

Xue Shao smiled coldly, "Okay, it's okay to see each other." ”

"Then I will invite Xue Dudu, move your steps a little." Liu Yuan stood up.

Xue Shao frowned, what a big breath, and you want me to take the initiative to see her?

"Xue Dudu, please!" Liu Yuan bowed down and made a gesture of invitation.

Xue Shao sneered, "Please!" ”

The two of them walked for a moment to the back hall, and stopped in front of an isolated courtyard with a locked door in front of an embroidered building.

Liu Yuan took out the key and opened the door, inviting Xue Shao to the hospital.

"I'll wait here, and the Earl might as well invite Ling Yuan to meet here." Xue Shao stood still.

Liu Yuan smiled and said: "Don't doubt it, it's not that Liu is the boss, but the little girl is inconvenient to take the initiative to meet the governor, so she made this decision." ”

What do you mean?

Xue Shao frowned, and said in his heart I am not afraid of you, a little tyrant, dare to do anything to me!

So he went into the courtyard and went up to the embroidery building.

The door of the embroidered building is also locked. Liu Yuan opened the lock and pushed the door open, standing on the side of the door himself, "Dudu, please." ”

Xue Shao walked to the door with some confusion, and suddenly understood in his heart.

The room is arranged in the shape of a mourning hall, on which is dedicated to the spiritual seat of the "willow girl".

Xue Shao was a little stunned for a while, dead? No way!

Liu Yuan said on the side: "According to custom, the daughter who has not left the pavilion has died young, and she will not enter the ancestral tomb, have no spiritual position, and have no blood food sacrifice. Liu took pity on his daughter, and privately built such a spiritual position for her, offering some incense and blood food in the morning and evening. ”

"When?" Xue Shao asked with a twisted eyebrow.

"Last year." Liu Yuan looked at Xue Shao fixedly and replied, "Shortly after the wedding between Xue Dudu and Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping. ”

"Why?"

"Xue Dudu, what do you say?" Liu Yuan took a deep breath and let out a long breath, staring at the spiritual position and answering himself, "She didn't sleep or eat, and died of sadness!" ”

Xue Shao heard the resentment in Liu Yuan's words, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that Liu Yuan deliberately despised me and opposed me everywhere, thinking that it was because he blamed me for his daughter's death!