Xiazhou City, that is, the previous Shuofang City, but since that year, after Shuofang's Liang Division was breached, Shuo was renamed Xiazhou by Li Er. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Moreover, the name of Shuofang City was changed, and even the entire Xiazhou has also undergone earth-shaking changes, compared with the previous Shuofang, today's Xiazhou City has obviously become prosperous and lively.

The Turks, who have always threatened the north of the Tang Dynasty, have already become dead in name only with the execution of Jieli, so with the demise of the Turks, the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the north has extended to the edge of the desert.

If you look at it from the map, the Tang Dynasty is now bounded by a desert with the Turks and various tribes, and the north belongs to the tribal peoples, and the entire south of the desert belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The territory has expanded, so Shuofang, which was originally playing the border, suddenly became the mainland of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, Zhao Chen's original suggestion to establish a mutual market in Monan, so Xiazhou City naturally became a transit point for the two parties.

All kinds of goods from Guanzhong will pass from Xiazhou City, and sometimes, in order to facilitate transportation, a lot of goods will be temporarily stored in Xiazhou City.

There are also goods in Mobei, so Xiazhou City has become a logistics station!

At that time, this city standing in the northern plain always looked a little dilapidated, however, with all this happening, Xiazhou City is changing with each passing day, and people come and go, and it has become extraordinarily prosperous.

Xiazhou City is prosperous, and the happiest person in this is probably Liu Lan, the governor of Xiazhou City!

This guy was just the governor of Xiazhou who was fostered in another place, and it sounds like a governor, but in fact, he is nothing, and the troops under his hands are only one or two thousand people.

However, with the destruction of the Liang division, Xiazhou City was officially included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so Liu Lan, the foster governor, suddenly rose up.

Guarding such a place in Xiazhou, the battle line is far away from them, and because of the mutual market, Xiazhou City has become extraordinarily prosperous, so Liu Lan, as the governor of Xiazhou, naturally lives like heaven in Xiazhou.

However, as the so-called drinking water thinks of the source, Xiazhou can become like this now, Liu Lan naturally knows in her heart that this is all borrowed from Zhao Chen's creation, if there is no Zhao Chen, Xiazhou is probably not stronger than the original Shuofang.

Therefore, as the governor of Xiazhou, Liu Lan will often mention Zhao Chen to the people around him, and he will always talk about it again and again, if one day, wherever the Marquis of Chang'an can use him Liu Lan, he Liu Lan will never frown.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that the words were spoken, but now, Zhao Chen really came to the door with something, but Liu Lan couldn't help but make a difficulty!

Because, Zhao Chen was looking for him this time, not for anything else, but to let him transfer an army from Xiazhou and rush to Jiangzhou in Hedong as soon as possible, preparing to negotiate with Xue Jiabao in Jiangzhou for the detained Xue Rengui.

It is definitely no problem to transfer the army, but the premise is that there must be the will of the emperor, and with the will of His Majesty the emperor, let alone let him transfer the army, even if he let him give up the governor of Xiazhou, he has nothing to say.

It's just a pity that Zhao Chen asked him to transfer the army, but it was Zhao Chen's own intention, from beginning to end, he didn't see any words from His Majesty the Emperor in the letter.

As a border general, but privately dispatched troops, this crime, if it is investigated, the consequences, as long as Liu Lan thinks about it a little, she can't help but feel a little numb.

"Does Master Hou have anything else to say?" After reading the letter in his hand several times, Liu Lan was finally a little sure, this time Zhao Chen asked him to transfer the army, and there was no meaning of His Majesty in it, so, after a slight silence, Liu Lan frowned and looked at the person who delivered the letter in front of her, and asked.

"Master Hou explained when he set off!" Hearing Liu Lan's inquiry, the soldiers who came day and night in front of him had no choice but to take Zhao Chen's instructions when he came, and said: "If the governor has anything to worry about, when the time comes, Master Hou will bear this matter with all his might, and he will never let the governor be implicated!" ”

"Okay!" Hearing the soldier's words, Liu Lan couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, and then, at the soldier in front of her, she waved her hand slightly, and signaled to the soldier in front of her.

Without the will of His Majesty the Emperor, he could not privately transfer troops and generals, however, the problem is that Zhao Chen is by no means an ordinary person, since he directly opened his mouth and asked him to transfer troops and generals, is it possible that it is also His Majesty's approval?

More than an hour has passed since she received Zhao Chen's letter, and it was not until the end that Liu Lan seemed to have decided something, took a long breath, and shouted at the relatives outside the door.

"Go down and inform Sima Nan and the others, and go to the military tent later!" Seeing her entourage coming in, Liu Lan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, her eyes looked at her entourage thoughtfully, and she ordered.

"Let's take a gamble!" Seeing that his personal guards were leaving, Liu Lan, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly took a long breath, and then clenched his fists vigorously and said with a resolute expression.

And just half an hour later, the gate of Xiazhou City slowly opened, and a moment later, a team of heavily armed men and horses came out of the city gate, in the direction of the east of the river, all the way to the wind and snow, non-stop departure.

Hedong, Jiangzhou Longmen, Xuejiabaozhong;

At this time, it was almost evening, the sky was gray, because there had just been a light snow last night, the air was very cold, and when I sat in the house, I could hear the sound of the wind outside, and the strange 'woo' sound when it blew over the roof.

Xuejiabao is built on the mountain, occupies a large area, the whole Xuejiabao, just like a small city, the whole castle is divided into two places.

The inner fort is naturally the territory of the Xue family, and the inner fort is heavily fortified, and the core of the entire Xue clan is in this inner fort, and the outer fort belongs to the outsiders who are attached to the Xue family.

This Xue Family Fort was originally built by Xue Rengui's Xue clan, but later, with the decline of Xue Rengui's Xue clan, this castle was replaced by another Xue clan.

And this branch of the Xue family, the current patriarch, that is, the old lady Xue mentioned before, is named Xue Dading, counting, it is still Xue Rengui's cousin, and Xue Rengui's grandfather is where the same grandfather is.

And at this moment, this old lady Xue is in a wing room in the inner fort of Xuejiabao, and this wing room is not someone else's, it is precisely Xue Renqing's room where Xue Rengui had stepped on a broken leg before.

At this time, there was a stove burning in the wing room, and the fire burned the whole room warmly, and there was an unpleasant smell of herbs in it, and Mrs. Xue was sitting in this room filled with the smell of herbs at this time.

And on the wooden couch opposite where Mrs. Xue was sitting, Xue Renqing, who had broken one leg by stepping on, was lying there at the moment, his eyes were closed, and his face looked a little pale.

Moving his gaze down, he could see that one of Xue Renqing's exposed legs on the outside of the blanket was wrapped in layers of cloth, and on top of the strip of cloth, there were still a little blood stains oozing from inside, which looked a little shocking.

"Taigong, it's time for you to go back to the house to rest..."The room has been very quiet, and Old Lady Xue has been sitting there silently, looking at Xue Renqing who was sleeping on the couch with a sinking face.

It wasn't until a long time later, when the closed door was silently pushed open, and then, a middle-aged man walked in and whispered respectfully to Mrs. Xue who was sitting there.

"At this time, if you don't rest, you can't die!" The middle-aged man's voice fell, and the old lady Xue, who was originally sitting there in silence, paused slightly for a while, and then slowly turned his gaze, looked at the middle-aged man who came in, and said in a cold voice with an expressionless face.

"What did Taigong say!" Old Lady Xue is the ancestor of Xue Jiabao, which is the pillar of the entire Xue Family Fort, therefore, when he heard Old Lady Xue's words, the man immediately showed an embarrassed expression, and said to Old Lady Xue: "Qing'er's injury is not something that can be recovered in a day or two, and the old man should rest more!" ”

"Humph!" Hearing the man's words, Old Lady Xue suddenly snorted coldly, knocked the cane in her hand on the ground slightly, and then, looking at the man with burning eyes, asked: "Since you talked about Qing'er, then the old man wants to ask, how are you, the old man, going to deal with that Xue Rengui?" ”

Hearing Mrs. Xue's words, the man's expression suddenly hesitated, as if he was worried, he looked at Mrs. Xue and said: "If this matter is changed from before, then since Xue Rengui hurt my son, he will naturally be spared, but now..."

"What now?" When she heard the first half of the man's sentence, Mrs. Xue's expression was still indifferent, however, when she heard the second half of the sentence, before the man finished speaking, Mrs. Xue had already preemptively asked.

"Taigong doesn't know!" When the man heard this, his expression hesitated slightly, and then he looked at Mrs. Xue, and said a little helplessly: "Then Xue Rengui left Jiangzhou a year ago, and in this year's time, he actually went to the army, not only that, but now, he has become a captain, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to do!" ”

Executing the imperial court officers privately, not to mention, they are just a Xuejiabao, that is, the military department of the dynasty, if they want to execute, they must also need a reasonable and legal basis.

"So what!" However, Old Lady Xue seemed to have known for a long time, and after hearing the man's words, she immediately sneered, and then, her eyes turned to Xue Renqing on the couch, and her eyes were a little cold and said: "Xue Jiabao stands in the east of the river and does not fall, isn't it still impossible for people to kneel down and beg for mercy..."

"What Taigong means, I naturally understand!" Hearing Old Lady Xue's words, the man couldn't help but secretly smile bitterly, and then looked at Old Lady Xue again, and continued to explain: "But now is different from the past, the power of the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, and over the years, it has begun to turn its attention to us..."

"That's your business!" When Mrs. Xue heard the man's words, she was not moved at all, her eyes were still looking at Xue Renqing on the couch, and she said without looking back: "Since the old man handed over the Xue family fort to you, how to deal with the imperial court, that is your business, and the old man doesn't care about it!" ”

When he said this, Old Lady Xue, who was originally looking at Xue Renqing, suddenly turned her eyes, looked directly at the man in front of her and said, "But the old man only cares about one thing, then Xue Rengui, when are you going to be executed?" (To be continued.) )