Sima Chengzhen and Xuan Yunzi, the two feather crowns that can definitely be called "idol faction", changed their usual elegant and chic appearance, each wearing a short placket and a burlap snow cloak, and the dust in their hands was also put away, replaced by a horse whip and a talisman short blade. In addition, their winter clothes seem to be no different from ordinary people's autumn clothes, they are particularly thin and look cold.

"Ho!" Xue Shao was quite surprised to see their appearance, and said with a smile, "Are you two going to walk the rivers and lakes and do chivalrous deeds?" ”

Sima Chengzhen replied with a smile: "The two of us have been floating between the rivers and lakes all the year round, and the Tao often does nothing but does nothing, and the Tao often has no desire to be happy and pure, so the world is always right." ”

Xue Shao immediately smiled, "Mr. Ziwei, you can only fight and don't understand Taoism." I don't understand what you're saying. ”

"Senior brother means that the two of us are by no means rangers fighting with swords." Xuan Yunzi took over and said, "I made this costume just to facilitate the march. ”

"Senior sister is confused." Sima Chengzhen reprimanded, "General Xue is modest, are you serious?" ”

"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, I really don't understand, there's nothing to be humble." Xue Shao waved his hand and laughed a few times, and said: "The Queen of Heaven said that she would send two masters who are proficient in Buddhism to serve as assistants for me, I thought it would be two old monks, but I didn't expect it to be the two of you." I was amazed. ”

Sima Chengzhen said with a smile: "The family teacher studied the Taoist scriptures, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and made great efforts to integrate the three and achieve the Maoshan Taoist School. The two of us are not good at learning and don't even understand the skin of the family teacher, but it is more than enough to deal with a mere Bai Tieyu who bewitches the public. ”

Xue Shao nodded, a person like Sima Chengzhen would never brag, and the Maoshan Taoist sect led by the Chongshan Heavenly Master Pan Shizheng was promoted by Emperor Li Zhi himself, and it is already the mainstream of Taoism today. Master Xuanzang only came back from India a few decades ago, and foreign Buddhist doctrines are at a stage of development. Although Maoshan is a Taoist school, its study of Buddhism is not much worse than that of pure monks. Wu Zetian's use of the state's "orthodox" religious doctrine to smash Bai Tieyu's pseudo-Buddhist heresy can be regarded as the right medicine.

"General Xue, when will the army leave?" Xuan Yunzi asked bluntly.

"Soon." Xue Shao replied and called outside, "Someone!" ”

The lieutenant walked in with Lu Siyi, "What is the general's order?" ”

"Pick out ten elites from your regiment and be responsible for protecting these two real people along the way." Xue Shao said, "Remember, a good student is half a point of slackness. Otherwise, military law is waiting! ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Lu Siyi solemnly agreed.

"Wait!" Sima Chengzhen hurriedly said, "General Xue, I think you have misunderstood. We don't need protection, and we don't need to be served. Since we were recruited by the imperial court to go out with the army, we are all the guards of the Tang Dynasty like them. The difference is that they use swords to kill the enemy, but we use the Fa-rectification! ”

"Guards?" Xue Shao smiled, "Mr. Ziwei, you and Immortal Gu are both celebrity-honored masters and apprentices, how can they be regarded as guards?" …… Lu Siyi, why don't you invite the two of you to go down and rest? ”

"Slow." Xuan Yunzi spoke up again to stop and said, "General Xue, it seems that you are worried that the two of us will not be able to endure the pain of the march, and you will not be able to bear the risk of the battlefield. In fact, you really worry too much, the two of us walk in the rivers and lakes all the year round, often encounter jackals, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains, and there is no shortage of horses and thieves among the green forests. Despite this, the two of us walked away unharmed. In addition, since the two of us dare to be summoned by the imperial court to be used by the general, we will definitely not become a burden to the general. On the contrary, we should stay by the general's side, and discuss the military aircraft of the counselor in the morning and evening, in order to suppress the rebellion and purify the evil spirits as soon as possible. ”

Counsellor military aircraft?

Xue Shao really wants to blast them out, can people like you blindly mix military secrets? The Queen of Heaven sent you here for political and religious purposes, and perhaps for the purpose of serving as a prison guard, but don't take yourself too seriously!

But Xue Shao didn't want to have any conflict with them in person, so he just smiled and said, "In that case, I will deign you two to temporarily serve as my marching manager, and listen to and follow me under the command of the marching commander Shi Xiao Zhizhong." In this way, it is also convenient for me to consult with the two thinkers in the morning and evening. ”

"Yes." Sima Chengzhen and Xuan Yunzi hugged their fists together and promised, quite like obedient subordinates.

"Two real people, please." Lu Siyi politely invited them down to settle down and settle down.

As soon as they left, Xue Shao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "How could the queen of heaven send such two antique porcelain-like baby bumps, in case of a battle and hurt or knocked somewhere, how can I afford to pay for it?" ”

"Childe, don't underestimate them. Seeing that the two of them were only wearing thin clothes in such a snowy and cold winter, they knew that their inner house was full and not afraid of the cold. Wu Ming stepped forward and whispered, "That young Taoist has a face like a crown of jade, and his inner kung fu foundation is extremely deep, and his martial arts skills must be extremely strong. That female crown is not much weaker, and it is estimated that the moon slave may not be her opponent. ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart, for such a long time, I really haven't seen any woman who can fight better than the moon slave, Xuan Yunzi is really so powerful? …… To be praised by a top master like Wu Ming must be extraordinary!

"Heavenly Master Pan Shi is living in seclusion in Songshan, looking north at the sky, looking west at the lotus in the room. His Taoist temple is across the mountain from the Shaolin Mountain where the Shaolin Temple is located, and we were still neighbors back then. Wu Ming said with a little joking, "I have heard the name of Pan Tianshi for a long time, he not only studied the three theories of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, but also practiced martial arts inside and outside. The Shaolin Temple was curious about his martial arts, but it was never clear how powerful he was. I only know that at the age of ninety-six, he can still carry two large buckets full of water, and walk between the steep mountains like flying. ”

"So powerful?" Xue Shao was surprised, isn't that the same as in a martial arts novel?

"The rumors are true, but no one knows what the truth is." Wu Ming smiled and said, "However, it is an indisputable fact that he died at the age of ninety-eight a few months ago and became an immortal. Such a long life is indeed a master! ”

"A few months ago?" Xue Shao said, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

"At that time, Gongzi was commanding the battle of Yudu Jinshan on the grassland, how could he hear about it?" Wu Ming replied.

"No wonder when I went back to Chang'an, I soon saw Xuanyunzi. The two of them were also in the state before. Xue Shao said.

Wu Ming's eyes lit up slightly, "Did Childe mean that he also met them in Bingzhou?" ”

"That's right."

Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything more.

Xue Shao didn't ask any more, in fact, he also thought about a question in his heart - could the strange figure that suddenly appeared in the Yaochi Jade Forest that day be Sima Chengzhen?

At dawn the next day, the horn of the assembly sounded in the camp of the thousand horsemen. Eight hundred men and horses were on standby in the school yard at a very fast speed, and Xue Shao was waiting for the imperial court's order to be issued in the official office.

According to Xue Shao's requirements, the thousands of cavalry soldiers went into battle lightly without much baggage, and at this moment they were all standing in the wind and snow waiting without moving. Until now, they still think that this is a "winter special training" launched by Xue Shao. No one wants to drop the chain in such a special training, because that would probably mean leaving the shop from the Thousand Riders.

Xue Shao stood in the official office and looked at the school grounds, all the soldiers were about to turn into snowmen. In fact, he didn't want to torture the thousands of cavalry soldiers like this, but the next hurried march in the wind and snow was far more difficult than standing like this. If anyone can't adapt to such a severe cold, it is better to find out as soon as possible and let him stay, so as not to freeze to death in the middle of the road before the war starts.

So, Xue Shao was very ruthless and did not let them move to avoid the snow, at most they were allowed to move collectively once under the unified order to shake off the snow on their bodies.

An hour later, the official documents of the imperial court finally came down. Xue Shao invited the envoy into the official office and closed the door to receive the order.

The emperor ordered an edict, and the decree was issued through the formal channel of the Zhongshu Proposed Decree and then issued by the Shangshu Military Department, and openly and legally granted Xue Shao as the head of the Xiping Road march and the deposed envoy of the three states of Longyou Dao, Sui, Yan, and Yin, and Wang Fangyi, the governor of Xiazhou, as the deputy head of the march, to jointly conquer the Bai Tieyu rebel party of the Suizhou rebellion.

The marching commander is equivalent to the commander of the front-line military district and is a temporary official position of operational commander. To Xue Shao's surprise, the imperial court also awarded him the title of "concurrently leading the three states of Longyou Dao, Zhusui, Yan, and Yin", and the power of this deposed envoy is great!

The deposition of the envoy was equivalent to a special minister who went on patrol on behalf of the emperor, which allowed Xue Shao to act cheaply in the three prefectures of Suizhou, Yanzhou, and Yinzhou, and to exercise a qiē administrative, judicial, and military power, including arbitrarily transferring officials and soldiers belonging to the prefecture and county, including the life and death of the state officials and border generals!

These three states are also the places where Bai Tieyu's cult has spread most widely and strictly.

"General, this time we can be regarded as raising our eyebrows and standing out!" Guo Yuanzhen said in a good mood, "The head of the march and the deposed envoy of the three states, this kind of thing is generally only qualified by people like Pei Gong!" ”

"What's the fun?" Xue Shao's heart was overjoyed but he deliberately kept a straight face, "There is a lot of power, and there is a lot of pressure, don't you understand?" ”

"Yes, yes, of course!" Guo Yuanzhen couldn't squeak with a smirk.

Xue Chuyu said lightly two words that made Guo Yuanzhen instantly angry-"Idiot." ”

After receiving the holy decree, Xue Shao strode up to the point of the general in his uniform.

The sound of the class is up, and the wind and clouds are moving.

More than 800 people all looked at Xue Shao together.

Xue Shao looked around intently and looked at everyone present. Their armor was almost freezing, and their swords and bows were covered with a layer of white snow.

"Next, you will encounter something that is a hundred times more painful than you are now, and you may even lose your life." Xue Shao said loudly, "If anyone can't hold on or doesn't want to die, take a step back now." I will not pursue any amnesty! ”

After Xue Shao finished speaking, he waited for a long time, and the audience was quiet, and no one moved.

If you want to ride lightly, the snow is full of bows and knives!

"Bang dang", the thousand cow royal sword dragon groaned out of the sheath.

"Let's go—"