Xue Shao and his entourage worked hard throughout the whole process, and they finally only had one day's trip from Shuofang, and they were already sleepy and tired. So on this day, Xue Shao ordered the garrison to rest in advance without waiting for dark, so that everyone could sleep well.

When he rested, Xue Shao felt that his bones were broken, his inner thighs had already worn off several layers of skin and formed calluses, his feet were congested and painful when he landed, and he was almost unsteady on his feet. This way from Luoyang to Fengzhou rushed more than 1,000 miles, and there was a battle on the way, and now the return journey is more than 700 miles. Xue Shao felt a little unbelievable when he thought about it, I didn't get a concussion on horseback!

"Li Xianyuan, fetch water to wash my feet!" Xue Shao sat down and shouted loudly.

The guards guarding outside the tent all laughed secretly, and went to call Li Xianyuan, who had just taken office.

Li Xianyuan brought a large basin of hot water to Xue Shao with a sad face, and said with a broken thought: "Didn't the moon slave go out with you, but you want to leave her with Shuo Fang without taking her with you." Now you want me, a dignified military advisor, to wash your feet, it's really overkill! ”

"You don't talk nonsense with me." Xue Shao said with a smile, "After all, Yuenu is a girl's family, and she needs to rest after driving more than a thousand miles. What's wrong with the military advisor, I'm still the boss! ――Is it to lift you up by washing your feet, but not to use your hands? ”

"You know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade." Li Xianyuan pursed his lips and obediently squatted down to take off Xue Shao's boots. Immediately, a foul smell came straight to his nose and mouth, and he quickly turned his face away and tiptoed his fingertips full of disgust and disgust, and carefully touched those boots and socks.

Xue Shao laughed, "My unique spice, not bad, right?" ”

"I can't stand it!" Li Xianyuan vomited, "I really don't know how those women of yours bear it!" ”

"I don't understand, it's called manliness." Xue Shao smiled, "Don't you know that women all scold him as 'stinky men' in front of their beloved men?" ”

"I really don't know."

"No wonder you're still a single person."

Li Xianyuan was very depressed, and sprinkled a handful or two of his wet hands, "I will be ridiculed by you for washing your feet, I won't do this military division!" ”

Xue Shao laughed, "It's okay if you don't do it, drink this basin of footwater, and I'll let you go back to the warehouse." ”

"......" Li Xianyuan was stunned for a moment, then obediently lowered his head and reached out to pick up the towel, "Alas, the military division is the military division, that is better than a dead corpse!" “

"Understanding." Xue Shao smiled and said, "Mr. Strategist, now I want you to give me an idea." ”

Li Xianyuan pursed his lips, "Just now he asked me to drink footwashing water, but now he calls me sir." But why is it so precedent? ”

"If you don't have an idea, you still have to drink footwater." Xue Shao said it seriously.

"Okay, okay, if you have anything, you can say anything!" Li Xianyuan couldn't cry or laugh, "Don't use this foot wash to disgust me at every turn!" ”

Xue Shao smiled and said, "The biggest problem facing our army now is nothing more than a shortage of grain and grass. Even if I return to Xiazhou, I don't think I will be able to save a few grains of grain. Because Wang Fangyi went to conquer the Western Regions before, he took away almost all the army's grain reserves, and only left half a year's rations for Shuofang's 3,000 defenders. Mr. Strategist, what do you think I should do? ”

Li Xianyuan blinked his eyes and said, "The army has no food stock, isn't there still there for the people?" ”

Xue Shaoyi frowned, "You asked me to collect grain taxes from the people in advance?" ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to find another way." Li Xianyuan shook his head, "Unless the imperial court suddenly becomes generous and sends you hundreds of thousands of stone grains in one go." ”

"Then unless you are the prime minister, you have to be the head of the court." Xue Shao sneered.

"Why didn't you let me go?" Li Xianyuan was depressed again, and said curtly, "When I talk about the prime minister, I think of something. Perhaps, something can be done. ”

"What's the matter?" Xue Shao asked.

"Do you remember Bai Tieyu?" Li Xianyuan said, "At the beginning, he rebelled and looted a lot of goods, grain and grass as military funds, didn't you take over those things after you defeated him?" ”

"That's right." Xue Shao nodded, "Those are all the anointments that Bai Tieyu scavenged from the people, and some of them were obtained by him from looting the state and county government treasury. At that time, I collected all the stolen goods, and there were a lot of things. Later, I sealed it up and left it for the imperial court to send someone to count it and then fill it into the treasury. ”

"This batch of things should still be there...... Suizhou. Li Xianyuan whispered.

Xue Shao's eyes lit up, "How do you know?" ”

Li Xianyuan smiled and said, "Didn't you ask me to bribe Prime Minister Cen Changqian before?" ”

"Nonsense!" Xue Shao's eyes widened, "Can that be called bribery?" ”

"Okay, share the spoils, share the spoils!" Li Xianyuan said with a hippie smile, "I've been familiar with Cen Changqian since I came and went." As the saying goes, it is not rude to come, and at that time, the imperial court was preparing to send someone to Suizhou to collect this batch of stolen goods, and Cen Changqian asked me if I was interested in going with him. ”

"Collecting and suppressing thieves is a fat mess, and you can't make a windfall!" Xue Shao smiled, "It seems that Cen Changqian really takes care of you." ”

"Isn't that all for your face? He knows I'm your confidant! Li Xianyuan said with a smile, "But I am a high-spirited person, and I have never liked to be contaminated with this kind of ill-gotten gains. So I refused. ”

"Fart." Xue Shao laughed, "Something must have gone wrong later, so you didn't make it!" ”

"Ahem......" Li Xianyuan laughed dryly twice and said, "I don't know why, but Cen Changqian didn't go to it herself, but changed to someone else." ”

"Since it's fat, there will definitely be people fighting for it." Xue Shao said with a smile, "There are not many people who can compete for the prime minister, could it be that Pei Yan appointed his henchmen separately?" ”

"Then I don't know, anyway, Cen Changqian didn't dare to squeak after a loss." Li Xianyuan shook his head, "This happened not long before we set out on the expedition. If you count the time, this batch of materials will definitely not have time to be transported away. That's the key. ”

"Then let's go straight to Suizhou, let's take a look first!" Xue Shao suddenly lifted his feet from the basin and splashed Li Xianyuan's water.

Li Xianyuan instantly jumped up and slapped the water stains on his body again and again, shouting: "You dignified general, why are you as naughty as a child?" ”

Xue Shao laughed, "I'm used to being rude with a martial artist, and Mr. Strategist is waiting a lot." If you succeed in your plan to raise food this time, you will be rewarded! ”

"There's no need for a heavy reward, just don't let me drink footwater!" Li Xianyuan took up the basin of water and prepared to go out.

"Divine stick."

"Why?" Li Xianyuan stopped and turned his head, looking at Xue Shao vigilantly.

Xue Shao smiled, "Thank you." ”

Li Xianyuan hugged a basin of water and fled in a hurry. For fear that if he ran one step slower, Xue Shao would let him drink the whole basin of water.

Xue Shao laughed enough, and most of the fatigue of the journey dissipated. Although he had known that Li Xianyuan was very funny before, Xue Shao had felt more and more recently that this half-tone god stick was indeed a wonderful person. The most commendable thing is that no matter how big an official Xue Shao is, Li Xianyuan always regards him as the former Lantian son.

Now there is no shortage of career helpers around Xue Shao who can be civil and martial, and there is no shortage of brothers who share life and death. But everyone, including Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen, was in awe of Xue Shao. Only Li Xianyuan, although he would pretend to be very scared on the surface, Xue Shao knew that he was not afraid at all in his heart, and he was always the fox friend who was prostituted in the same bed in his mind.

With him, Xue Shao felt the most stressless and relaxed.

Arrived at Shuofang the next day, Xue Shao asked Xue Chuyu to lead 3,000 jumping troops into the military town to rest, but he didn't stay long and just brought Li Xianyuan and Guo An as scouts as guards, and all changed civilian clothes and rushed to Suizhou non-stop.

Walking out of a few miles, Wu Ming and Niu Ben chased after him. When he arrived in Shuofang, Xue Shao left the moon slave to rest, in order to avoid the inconvenience of a woman living alone in a strange military camp, so Xue Shao left Wu Ming and Niu Ben, the master and apprentice, as companions.

Wu Ming told Xue Shao that Yuenu was having a hard time in Shuofang Military Town, so he went to Suizhou alone two days ago to relax, saying that he was visiting a friend.

"She still has friends in Suizhou?" Xue Shao was curious.

Wu Ming smiled, "It seems to be a woman, and the two of them had some correspondence when they were still in Luoyang." Details are unknown. ”

"That's weird." Xue Shao said, "Let's go, I may be able to meet her when I go to Suizhou!" ”

Two days later, Xue Shao and his entourage arrived in Suizhou. Because he was traveling in casual clothes, at first glance, Xue Shao looked like a rich young master with a group of family members going out, but he didn't attract the attention of the government.

In addition to privately inquiring about the current situation of Bai Tieyu's batch of thieves, Xue Shao also intends to make a private visit to Weifu before listening to the introduction and report of his subordinates, and experience the customs and customs of the prefectures and counties under his rule. This will undoubtedly be conducive to his future administration in the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion.

Suizhou, Xue Shao is not very unfamiliar. Last year, it was Bai Tieyu's old nest, and Xue Shao stayed here for a while after putting down the rebellion. Revisiting the old place today, Xue Shao's first feeling is that the religious atmosphere here is still quite strong.

Bai Tieyu had set up a number of Buddhist halls in the city to promote his pseudo-Buddhism, but those Buddhist halls remained after his defeat. It's just that the "orthodox" Buddhist monks have taken over, and the preaching is also authentic Buddhism. This is an "official activity" carried out according to Wu Zetian's proposition, and the purpose is to eliminate the residual poison left by Bai Tieyu's evil law in the hearts of the people.

After Xue Shao entered the city, he casually met a person on the road with a Buddha bead in his hand, and the opening was a sentence of "Amitabha".

"This place, good!" Li Xianyuan suddenly laughed happily.

"What's a good way?" Xue Shao smiled and asked, "You, a fake Taoist priest, are you still at home?" ”

Li Xianyuan said with a smile: "People who chant Buddha don't eat wine and meat - then they can save it and give us enough to eat!" ”

"Wine bag rice bag!"

Xue Shao scolded, and everyone laughed.

While he was laughing, suddenly the pedestrians on the street rushed in one direction in a hurry and excitement. The crowd is as passionate as the international superstars of the 21st century have taken to the streets, unfortunately attracting a group of enthusiastic fans.

"Go, let's see what happens!"