At the beginning of the snow, the golden sunlight sprinkled on the snow, and the dazzling light reflected through the glass window woke up the president of the North Court, Shi Duhuan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ（.. ）

"I don't know if the court is falling today, I suspect that the forest flowers bloomed last night." Du Huan chanted the famous sentence of Song Zhiwen, put on a brocade robe, pushed the door and walked out of the house that was slightly hot and dry due to the charcoal stove. It's a pity that what catches his eye is not the glass world of white snow and red plums, but the hustle and bustle of the world, where billowing black smoke and rumbling roar are intertwined.

"You can't be lazy if you can't protect Tingzhou, it's really a natural hard work!" Du Huan looked up at the vigilant Beiting soldiers on the walled city and laughed at himself: "There are more than ten days before the winter solstice, and Du Hu should have arrived in Chang'an and gathered with Fei Langjun and Yiyue Little Lady. Donggong is probably painstakingly trying to figure out how to force him to not be able to enter Beijing. The East Palace has a lot of literature and few martial arts, and only the one who has the right to protect the town, no wonder the prince has always been able to protect it. From the dragon's work, others flock to it, but they all protect it as a mustard and abandon it like a shoe, and they are very strong, what is the hidden meaning behind this? ”

"Forget it, don't think about it, since Du Hu doesn't say it, it's better not to speculate. The top priority is to protect the North Garden! Du Huan rubbed his face and turned his mind back to the present.

Before leaving Tingzhou, Wang Zhengjian consulted with Du Huan several times, speculating on what the angry prince would do. Du Huan thought about it and felt that the East Palace might be two-pronged, one was to continue to make a fuss about the children of the capital, and the other was to push other generals to worship the prime minister during the winter solstice court.

After listening to Du Huan's speculation, Wang Zhengjian was silent for a moment before saying: "Liulang, Cheng Qianli started in the army, and he is a brave general who rushes into battle, but he is not a famous commander who controls the overall situation. After I went to Beijing, the safety of Tingzhou depended on you, and you must not ignore it. Especially the military village in the western suburbs is the top priority. ”

"No!" Du Huan's heart sank, because he heard Du Hu's words.

After bidding farewell to Wang Zhengjian, Du Huan immediately dispatched troops to strengthen the defense of the military village in the western suburbs. In order to facilitate the command in the near future, he and Ma Lu, who had returned from visiting relatives in Shuofang, moved into the military village to live together. Tong Luo Puli also sent additional dart divisions to strengthen the monitoring of the inside and outside of Tingzhou City to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Although Cheng Qianli, the deputy capital protector, was eager to take over the position of capital protector, before the dust settled, he was still very polite to Du Huan and would never point fingers.

Du Huan knew his Xiao Jiujiu well, and Cheng Qianli's transfer from Anxi to Beiting to take over as deputy capital protector was obviously Li Xiang's arrangement. If there is no Wang Weld plot against the case, Cheng Qianli will definitely not take Du Huan, whose position is lower than his own, in his eyes; And now that Li Xiang's vitality is greatly injured, it is a fluke that he is expected to be promoted to the protector of the North Court, where do he dare to make enemies everywhere.

Regarding Cheng Qianli's thoughts, Du Huan only pondered it slightly, but did not take it to heart. Keeping in mind Wang Zhengjian's entrustment, he never left the military village in the western suburbs day and night, and Ma Lu constantly looked for defensive loopholes and quickly remedied them. The reason why Du Huan cares so much about the safety of the military village is because he knows how many earth-shattering secrets are hidden in the village. The mouth-watering oil fires and counterweight stone cannons were commonplace in the village, and more shocking inventions were being tried......

Du Huan moved from the official office of the capital protection mansion to the military village, which hurt Yuan Zai, the judge of the North Court. But if there is a major matter in the palace, he will take the trouble to personally take his servants from the inner city to the military village and ask Du Huan in person.

Du Huan told Yuan Zai several times that he didn't have to do this, and just send one or two officials to come with the text, but he always ignored it. Du Huan was a little suspicious, but because of the relationship between Yuan Zai's family and Du Hu, it was not easy to tear his face and scold him in person.

In order to put an end to hidden dangers, Du Huan told the soldier Cao to join the army, and Zhao Dahui cleaned up the secrets in the village, and at the same time, Du You, the clan uncle of Jinman County, was temporarily transferred to the capital to protect the mansion and the military village.

After Du You took office, Yuan Zai came a lot less, and Du Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The information from the two places of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Suye Dart Bureau arrived, and many caravans poured into the city, but since the establishment of Suyeju, the east to the Bohai Sea and the west to the north of Daqin to return to the south and Nanzhao, the caravans that came to Tingzhou increased year by year, and the people of Tingzhou were not surprised.

After obtaining Cheng Qianli's consent, he officially sent a letter to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the prefectures under its jurisdiction, and ordered additional personnel to be sent to strictly inspect the caravans, and merchants were never allowed to carry prohibited weapons and goods into Tingzhou, and any caravan entering the jurisdiction of Beiting must have inspected the identity indicated, and the relevant information needs to be compiled into a book, and reported every three days.

At the same time, he asked Luo Puli to secretly send someone to keep an eye on Yuan Zaicheng Qianli and other important members of the North Court, in case someone has bad intentions and colludes inside and outside.

"In a few days, the garrison will change guards, and I will have to toss again, I hope there will be no trouble before the winter solstice." Du Huan rubbed his temples: "If everything goes well in Chang'an, after the first day, I must take my wife and children to Shuimogou to soak in the hot springs." ”

There is a nameless valley with beautiful scenery and abundant water and grass in the mountains more than 200 miles southwest of Tingzhou City, and there are several hot springs in the valley, and the fog is thick and steaming all year round. Su Yeju opened a manor in the valley, in addition to building a water mill along the river to try out all kinds of new agricultural tools to breed horses, but also built a hot spring pool. Because the water mill standing on the riverside is very conspicuous, the valley is called the water mill ditch.

When Du Huan was thinking about the future of soaking in the hot springs to relax, Du You, dressed in a cyan official robe, passed through the layers of checkpoints alone and walked closer with the scroll.

"Long history, this is the summary of the caravans that have entered the Beiting Prefectures in the past three days presented by Judge Yuan, and this is the secret letter between the Suye Dart Bureau and President Luo."

"Uncle, you and I are alone, why do you need to call an official position." Du Huan said with a smile.

"In public terms, etiquette cannot be abolished." Du You was resolute.

"Is there a caravan from Chang'an or Hedong?" Du Huanzhi knew that this uncle, who was younger than himself, strictly adhered to the ancient precept of self-denial and revenge, and did not think it was wrong.

"Not a single one." Du You Bowen remembered that he never forgot it: "What does Changshi pay attention to is the caravan of Ruyiju and Wenxitang? ”

"Exactly." Du Huan nodded and admitted, not hiding it.

"After the capital is protected in Beijing, there is no caravan from Ruyiju or Wenxitang to Tingzhou."

"Strange ......" Du Huanmo rubbed his chin: "Could it be that you guessed wrong?" ”

"A few days ago, two caravans of white-clothed and well-fed caravans entered Tingzhou, one of the leaders was named Nadim, and they claimed to be from Egypt; The other leader was named Basel and came from Damascus. ”

"Two caravans of white-clothed food? Egypt? On his way back to Damascus, he heard descriptions of that remote and hot place. It is said that Egypt prospered along the great river Nile, and at the mouth of the great river there was a city called Alexander, and there was a lighthouse towering into the clouds. Flowing upwards, the ancient pagoda temple along the coast is magnificent and magnificent. Du Huan bought several Egyptian paintings in Damascus, which he liked very much, but unfortunately he was not allowed to travel to the place in person.

"Changshi, what's wrong?"

"I can't say exactly, but the two white-clothed caravans are a bit weird." Du Huan, who was contemplating and thinking, opened the secret letter with Luo Puli, and saw the book: "...... Recently, there seem to be unknown people entering and leaving Chengfu, and their appearance is suspicious. The figure is extremely fast, and it is difficult for the dart master to follow him......"

"It's time to come! wants to pull thousands of miles to change the court, and then wait for the opportunity to cause chaos in Tingzhou, forcing the capital to protect and not be able to stay in Beijing. Du Huan suddenly felt that the clouds had opened and the fog dispersed: "The Beiting Ya soldiers are under the jurisdiction of General Ma Bei, and they will never listen to Cheng Qianli's orders." The fish talisman and token for the transfer of troops are divided between Cheng Qianli, so there is no need to worry. Even if Cheng Qianli can win over dozens of generals, as long as he keeps an eye on it, it will not be a big problem. If you don't have enough manpower, you will inevitably rely on external forces......"

Thinking of this, Du Huan hurriedly asked: "Du Xiancheng, in addition to the caravan of white clothes and big food, can there be caravans of other vassal clans staying in Tingzhou now?" ”

"For a long time, there are no caravans of black-clothed food Gelulu, Nanzhao and Tubo; There is one caravan of Anguo Kangguo Bahanna, but the three caravans returned west together the day before yesterday, and the calculation itinerary should still be in the territory of Beiting; The Turks returned to the caravan of Suxi, but they were all stranded and did not return. ”

"The two white-clothed food caravans, I'm afraid that they are either one black and one white, or both are black. Nanzhao and Tubo were at war with the Tang Dynasty, and Donggong didn't dare to go too far. Ye Hu and An Lushan were very worried about the fierce oil fire, and the Hui and Xi caravans were suspicious. Could it be that the Kudulu special service is also ready to move, and Mou Rasihan can hold back? The Turkish caravans may not really come from Talas. Sogdian caravans in the river should also beware......"

In a snap of his fingers, Du Huan had anticipated all the potential risks: "Let's go, don't go to find a horse, there are 'friends' from afar, we are very happy, we have to entertain well!" ”

The snow and wind in the Tianshan Mountains are still cold, and the warm water of Lishan soup is slippery.

When Du Huan and Ma Lan dispatched troops and horses to secretly take precautions, in the Huaqing Palace at the foot of Lishan Mountain, Gao Lishi was in a hurry surrounded by a group of small yellow gates.

"Idiot! Why are you following so-and-so, why don't you split up and find it! Xueyi Niang is the tip of the heart of the concubine lady, if there is a good one, be careful of your dog's life! Gao Lishi was furious, and the frightened little yellow door hurriedly scattered in all directions.

"A bunch of useless fools." Colliers wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stepped over the sun. door, walk towards the Nine Dragons Hall Concubine Pool.

The winter solstice will be approaching, and the Quartet will enter Beijing at the same time, which is a momentary event. The people of the world see the chariots, horses, and horses boiling, but they don't know how tired the operators behind the scenes are.

As an internal supervisor, Gao Lishi needs to be attentive to everything, and he is very busy. A few days ago, the sage learned that Ge Shuhan and the An brothers did not have a good relationship, and wanted to reconcile them to relieve their previous suspicions, so he sent Gao Lishi to hold a banquet in Huaqing Palace last night to entertain Ge Shuhan and An Lushan.

When he was full of wine and food, the slippery An Lushan knew the meaning of the sage's move, and took the initiative to show favor to Ge Shuhan: "My father is Hu, and my mother is Turkic; The father-in-law is Turkic, and the mother-in-law is Hu. The race is the same, is it dear or not? Although Ge Shuhan was vulgar and unliterate An Lushan, he was reminded by Yang Guozhong in advance, so he had to pinch his nose and say: "The proverb 'the fox howls to the hole, ominous', to forget the roots." Brother sees love, and dares not to do his best. ”

Ge Shuhan originally responded kindly by quoting scriptures, but Unexpectedly, An Lushan didn't understand the meaning of the bookbag he dropped at all, thinking that Ge Shuhan was mocking him as a Hu man under the pretense of a "fox", so he was furious, slapped the case, pointed at Ge Shuhan's face and scolded: "You Turkic dog dare to talk like this!" ”

Seeing that Ge Shuhan, who had been humiliated for no reason, was about to get up and scold back, Gao Lishi glanced at him, so that he could barely suppress Ge Shuhan's anger and prevent the two from doing it directly. But the banquet naturally broke up unhappily, and the relationship between Ge Shuhan and the An brothers not only did not improve, but deteriorated.

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