In the evening, an uninvited guest came to visit Xue Rengui's temporary official in Yunzhou.

The visitor was a young man, but he was dressed in a big red and green wedding dress, and a flower was stuck on his head, like a folk matchmaker's dress.

It's Xue Shao!

Seeing that Xue Shaoshuai, who commanded thousands of troops, made such a funny appearance, the soldiers were all amazed and couldn't help laughing, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud, so they all held back their internal injuries.

"Laugh, laugh, what are you doing holding back?" Xue Shao cut his hands behind his back and said with a calm smile, "Ben Shuai is a matchmaker today!" ”

"Hahaha!" All the soldiers laughed so hard that tears came out of their eyes.

Entering the inner house, Xue Shao saw Xue Rengui's subordinates guarding the bedroom door, and stepped forward to ask, "Where is the old handsome?" ”

Buqu also smiled secretly when he saw Xue Shao's outfit, and replied: "Back to the young marshal, the old marshal came back after galloping and fighting for a while, and he was very tired and had already fallen asleep." ”

"Okay, I'll wait here for the old man to wake up." It was rare for Xue Shao to be in such a relaxed mood, and he didn't feel much of the pain of the battle. But Xue Rengui is seventy years old after all, and he needs to rest for sure.

Buqu brought Xue Shao a few snacks and warmed some wine, and Xue Shao sat down in the courtyard, drinking alone and waiting quietly.

In the blink of an eye, the moon is like a hook. Xue Shao's pot of wine was almost finished.

The trilogy came forward to persuade him, saying that it was cold and dewy at night, and the young marshal might as well come again tomorrow.

"It's fine." Xue Shao didn't want to disturb Xue Rengui's rest, and was about to leave, when Xue Rengui's voice came from the room.

"But Young Marshal Xue is here?"

The trilogy hurriedly went inside to answer, and Xue Rengui invited Xue Shao to come in to serve tea.

Xue Shao walked into the room and saw Xue Rengui sitting on a large handsome chair covered with cotton mattresses, sitting with his eyes slightly closed, obviously just waking up.

"Disturbing the old general's rest late at night, Xue Shao's crime." Xue Shao stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "Didn't the old general go to bed and sleep peacefully?" ”

"I'm old, and I can't sleep well. But this is especially true when it comes to conquest. Xue Rengui smiled slightly and raised his hand, and the attendants on the left and right took away the futon on his big chair, and then put a cloak on him, which was considered to be getting up.

Under the oil lamp, Xue Shaodouran saw that Xue Rengui's complexion was not very good, and he was much older.

It seems that a bloody battle has consumed too much of his spirit. The old man will not be able to recover for a while.

Xue Shao was a little unbearable, so he said: "I'd better go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow to meet the old general." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to sit down." Xue Rengui couldn't help but say, "Come on, serve tea!" ”

Xue Shao looked at him, as if he also had something to say to himself, so he stopped being pretentious and wanted to leave, and sat down with peace of mind.

The sergeant boiled two bowls of bitter tea and fried a plate of soybeans, and the two sat opposite each other with an oil lamp.

Xue Rengui's eyebrows sank slightly, as if he was preoccupied.

"After winning the war, why is the old general full of sadness?" Xue Shao asked.

"Although the battle was won, the old man saw something more terrible than the war itself." Xue Rengui said.

"What is it?"

Xue Rengui's white eyebrows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "The Tang Dynasty is declining day by day in the chaos, and the steppe khanate established by the Turks is taking advantage of the situation to rise day by day. ”

Xue Shao nodded, "That's right, this is already a fact. ”

"But our king and court may not recognize the truth." Xue Rengui's expression became stricter, and he said: "It has been fifty years since Emperor Taizong's Majesty pacified the Turks. In the past fifty years, the Tang Dynasty has become accustomed to treating the grassland tribes as our vassals. Whenever there was a war, the court would inevitably recruit Turkic knights to participate in the war, treating them as livestock slaves and not treating them well. At the same time, the imperial court allowed the various steppe tribes to be self-governing by their own chiefs, and lacked control and education over them. For fifty years, our court has not seen these many evils. Even today, the steppe rebelled one after another, and finally the Turkic self-established khanate completely broke away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Although our army won the first battle of Yunzhou, the old man sensed the rise of the Turks and was unstoppable. Their armies were large and powerful, their commanders and generals had loyalty and love for the Khanate, and every ordinary guard of them would not surrender lightly. Because in their eyes, the Tang Dynasty is no longer their country, but the Turkic Khanate is! ”

"That's right. When the people and soldiers have a sense of belonging and affection for the country, the country will have a foundation for prosperity. Today's Turks are the Turks of the past, they are already a khanate, and we have to recognize this fact! Xue Shao had to recognize this, because there were some Turkic soldiers under his command. For now, they are forced to join the army. As soon as they had the chance, they wanted to return to their Turkic homeland.

"But our court is still blindly optimistic, and they still regard the Turkic invasion as the rebellion of a vassal tribe, thinking that they can be killed with a stick. But it turns out that the Turks almost swallowed most of Hebei! Xue Rengui said, "If it weren't for the imperial court's lack of attention to laissez-faire, the Turkic Khanate would not have developed so quickly." The first two Northern Expeditions presided over by Pei Gong had a chance to completely extinguish them. But our court didn't do it, and the last time we cut down the thoughts, it was even more wrong! ”

"I've been thinking about it." Xue Shao snorted in annoyance, "Fu Nian was caught by me, and I also agree with Pei Gong's proposal not to kill Fu Nian, so that at least the grassland people can be appeased temporarily, and then Xu will try to cure the root cause." However, Pei Yan was jealous of Pei Gong and was afraid that he would threaten his status by relying on his military exploits to enter the court, so he strongly advocated killing Fu Nian to set an example. At that time, I heard the news in Chang'an, and I actively tried to stop it. As a result, he failed, and almost killed Xue Yuandu, the Zhongshu Ling...... Today, Gu Dulu's establishment of the Turkic Khanate has become a big problem, and Pei Yan has to bear a lot of responsibility! ”

"I just sigh that I wait for a martial artist, and I can't change the military policy of the imperial court. It's a pity that tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hebei suffered miserably because of Pei Yan's selfishness......" Saying this, Xue Rengui closed his eyes and slowly lay down, full of exhaustion and helplessness.

Seeing this, Xue Shao hurriedly said: "Old general, these major military affairs cannot be done by oneself, and they cannot be changed overnight. I have come to you today because I have a happy event to announce. ”

"Happy event?" Xue Rengui opened his eyes and looked Xue Shao up and down, and immediately smiled, "The old man is clumsy, and he didn't notice the young marshal's appearance today. ”

Xue Shao smiled: "To tell you the truth, I'm here to be a matchmaker!" ”

"Where does the matchmaker come from?"

Xue Shao laughed, and told Xue Rengui about Xue Chuyu and Yao Nu.

Xue Rengui obviously felt a little surprised, but after listening to it, he fell silent. On his face, there was no joy that Xue Shao expected.

"Old General, what do you think?" Xue Shao asked in a low voice.

"Whether you get married or take off your armor, it's all up to him. The old man had already sworn that he would never care about his affairs again. Xue Rengui waved his hand, "Let him go, let him go!" ”

"......" Xue Shao was stunned for a while, and said: "Old general, as the saying goes, father and son have no overnight enmity. Why are you suffering? Chu Yu has experienced this life and death and has already come to his senses. Now that he is willing to marry a wife, have children, leave his armor and return to the field to live an ordinary life, won't your old man be happy for him? ”

A bleak smile appeared on Xue Rengui's face, and he shook his head gently, "The old man said that his affairs have nothing to do with me. ”

"When he was dying, the old general's eagerness and regret were from the bottom of his heart." Xue Shao said bluntly, "Old general, why hide it? ”

"Even if it's a robe that I don't know, the old man will treat him like this." Xue Rengui said lightly, "What's more, he was seriously injured while guarding Shuozhou for the old man." ”

"......" Xue Shao was speechless, why is the old man so stubborn?

"Old general, please forgive me for the trouble-I want to ask, what kind of mistakes and misunderstandings are there between you and Chu Yu?" Xue Shao asked.

Xue Rengui frowned slightly, showed a wry smile on his face, pondered for a moment, and shook his head, "Don't say it, it's been too long!" ”

"Why not talk about it?" Xue Shao said patiently, "Maybe I can untie the knot for you?" …… The old general is the one who leads the troops, and he should understand the truth of not leaving the father and son soldiers when they go into battle. Anyway, he's your own son! ”

Xue Rengui seemed to be a little tempted to speak, but after a moment of silence, he still didn't speak.

Xue Shao muttered in his heart...... Forcing me to make a trick?

There's such a craft, but I haven't used it in a long time! - Old man, don't blame me!

Thinking of this, Xue Shao took a handful of soybeans in the palm of his hand, one by one as if nothing happened, and slowly placed them on the table. The soybeans are evenly placed, and so are the spacing between the soybeans.

Xue Rengui didn't care at first, but unconsciously attracted his attention.

Xue Shao chatted with him about some innocuous gossip, but he didn't stop for a moment in his hands, and deliberately used his movements, eyes, and mental power as psychological hints, completely attracting Xue Rengui's attention to the soybeans.

After a while, the table was full of soybeans. Xue Rengui's mouth was still chatting with Xue Shao, but his eyelids drooped involuntarily, and his consciousness gradually entered an ethereal stage of complete relaxation, and finally his eyes closed.

Xue Shao stepped forward and helped Xue Rengui to lie down, and asked the soldiers outside the door to withdraw ten steps away, and they were not summoned or allowed to enter.

"Old General, can you hear me?"

"Can ......" Xue Rengui replied with his eyes closed.

Xue Shao was happy in his heart - hypnosis was successful!

"Now, you're back where you've been dreaming about for a long time, and you've seen the people you've been thinking about day and night." Xue Shao guided softly.

"What do you see?"

"Longmen hometown...... She! ”

Xue Shao was secretly happy in his heart, "Who is she?" ”

"Nonahime...... My wife, Chu Yu's mother! A natural smile appeared on Xue Rengui's face, "She's still so young and beautiful." She was dancing to me in her newlywed red wedding dress...... Hu Xuan Zhezhi dance! No one in the world dances better than her! ”

Nonahime?

Xue Shao was slightly shocked in his heart, it turned out that Chu Yu's mother was a Hu person! …… It is rumored that Xue Rengui married a concubine after the battle of Tianshan, so he was also held accountable by the imperial court. Could it be her?

Xue Shao seemed to remember that Yuenu once said that "Ye Na" originally came from the Sogdian language, and the multi-ethnic Hu people in the Western Regions passed it on from one to another, meaning "the one who likes". When used to address a man, it means a handsome man, and when used to call a woman, it means a beautiful lover.

"No...... Don't do that! Suddenly, Xue Rengui exclaimed.

"What do you see?" Xue Shao hurriedly asked

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