The day after Xue Dingshan killed Yang Fan, Liu He led a large army to Kaiyuan City, he saw that Kaiyuan City was busy, he was very satisfied, and looked at Xue Rengui with approval.

And just as the monarch and ministers were talking outside the camp, Liu He suddenly saw smoke and dust in the distance behind him, and immediately frowned and said, "Could it be that there are still enemies here?" ”

I saw Xue Rengui bow down and reply: "Back to Your Majesty, there are indeed enemy troops here, but those enemy troops have been solved by Weichen, and it is ashamed to say that at this moment yesterday, Weichen was still trapped in one of the enemy's formations." ”

"What? There is still someone here who knows the formation? And trapped you? Who has such a big ability? When Liu He heard this, he was shocked, he originally thought that since the Dangxiang Qiang Department was destroyed and the Turkic Department was disabled, there was no longer any historical general worth fearing here, but he didn't expect that someone knew how to form a formation, and he successfully trapped Xue Rengui in the formation, which means that this person definitely belongs to a famous general in history, or a figure in folklore.

I saw Xue Rengui say: "That person's name is Yang Fan, he is the righteous son of Sulu, the chief of the Tiele Tribe, and his martial arts are not much worse than Weichen, and he is also cunning, and his speech is yin......

"Yang Fan? It turned out to be a character from folklore, no wonder I can't think of what kind of character can trap Xue Rengui here. ”

Liu He was relieved when he heard this, but then he remembered a question, so he asked, "I don't know how Aiqing broke out of that formation?" Could it be that Aiqing has another ability to break the formation? ”

But seeing Xue Rengui smiled bitterly: "How can there be any way to break the formation?" Wechen turned around in it for several days, but every time I couldn't identify the direction correctly, I thought I was going to die there, but fortunately, my daughter-in-law knew the way to break the formation, dragged Yang Fan, and told Ding Shan the way to break the formation, and Ding Shan entered the formation and broke the formation, which saved Wechen. ”

"Dou Aiqing? If this is the case, Ding Shan is doing something wrong, then Yang Fan's martial arts are comparable to your father's, and Dou Aiqing's martial arts are not as good as you, let her resist Yang Fan, and you go into the battle to save people, this division of labor is difficult for me to understand, aren't you afraid that she will encounter danger? Besides, since this method of breaking the formation was said by Dou Aiqing, she must be more familiar with it than you, which makes me feel even more strange about this division of labor. ”

Liu He said this, his expression was already a little unpleasant, after all, the loyalty and ability of the talents under his command are important, but the moral standard is also very important in Liuhe, if Xue Dingshan is talented and not virtuous, then he will definitely be discounted here in the future.

But saw Xue Rengui bowed down and said: "This time Your Majesty has wronged the dog, the daughter-in-law that Wechen said is actually not a fairy child, but another daughter-in-law of Wechen, and it is also the marriage contract that this unfilial son recently signed with him, this person's name is Fan Lihua, although she is the daughter of Fan Hong, the commander of Hanjiang Pass under Tiele, but she was originally a Han person, and she has the heart to surrender to my Han, so Xianguan wants to vote for my Han, and it is my daughter-in-law and her father who led the army to come, not to hide it from Your Majesty, and now it is the time for Wechen and Pear Flower father and daughter to agree on surrender. ”

"What? You said your daughter-in-law's name is Fan Lihua? When Liu He heard this, he was immediately pleasantly surprised, he originally thought that there were Xue Rengui and Xue Dingshan, and even Dou Xiantong and Xue Jinlian were out, would there be no Fan Lihua? Because he learned through familiar reading of history books, Xue Dingshan brother and sister and Dou Xiantong are fictional characters in later generations, Xue Rengui has a son in history, but that person is called Xue Ne, the word is cautious, not called Xue Dingshan, since Xue Dingshan has appeared here, Fan Lihua should appear, and now that Fan Lihua has really appeared, how can he not be surprised in his heart?

And then Liu He's question was answered affirmatively, Xue Rengui's daughter-in-law is indeed called Fan Lihua, and her martial arts are strong, even if she is not much different from Xue Rengui, she is also good at using flying knives, killing Yang Fan with flying knives, and knowing the formation, it was under her guidance that Xue Dingshan broke the formation and rescued Xue Rengui.

"Haha, I didn't expect Xue Aiqing to collect such a talent for my big man, let's say it, your Xue family can't use such a talent for private use, you need to recommend it to the imperial court."

Liu He received a positive reply, and he was so happy that he even joked about Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui didn't dare to treat it as a joke, lowered his head and said with a smile: "Wechen is trying to recommend pear blossoms, but Weichen's family of five is all officials in the imperial court, and they are all military generals, Wechen is afraid that it will cause criticism." ”

"Haha, as long as you are loyal and loyal to our court, you don't have to be afraid of criticism at all, am I such a narrow-minded person? Before, Ding Shan did not avoid relatives and recommended Aiqing you, but now Aiqing you have another internal move and does not avoid relatives, and recommended your daughter-in-law Pear Blossom, which will be a good story in the future. By the way, I heard that Ding Shan married Dou Aiqing before this, and now he is married to Fan Qing's family, how did the two of them arrange? Don't have caries for the sake of family trivialities, which will affect the service of the country. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter has been first arranged, Fairy Child and Pear Blossom are both wives, only sisters, regardless of size." Then Xue Rengui told Liu He about the two daughters pushing each other.

When Liu He heard this, he was even more happy in his heart, and said with admiration: "The two Qing families are all broad-minded people, this is really the blessing of my great man, since the two Qing families are so high-spirited, how can I not express it?" In this way, I will crown Fan Qing's family as the county monarch of Wannian and Dou Qing's family as the county monarch of Huayin, in order to show their broad minds. ”

"Huh? Your Majesty, this, this, this favor is too generous......."

Now that Fan Lihua has been recommended to the imperial court, she will definitely appoint an official, Dou Xiantong will not say it, now she is an official, these two people are not only internal officials of the imperial court, but also have been crowned as a foreign wife, this is simply a red and purple rhythm, which makes people envious, jealous and hateful, so Xue Rengui can't help but want to push it away.

Liu He said with a smile: "Don't refuse, this is just some benefits owed to you on credit, you have to use military merits to repay it in the future, Xue Aiqing, you also know that although the Turkic and Qiang coalition forces have been defeated, and the Tubo have been destroyed, but their power is still there, the Eastern Turks still exist, the Qiang people also have Yao Chang's power in the dying struggle, in addition to Tiele and other departments, so the Western Xinjiang is not completely peaceful at present, I plan to appoint you as the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, the general of Pingxi, the general of Huqiang, Turkic, and Tiele Zhonglang, commanding an army of 30,000, And the government soldiers here will recruit these aliens and make them pay for their ambitions, I hope Aiqing will not let me down! ”

Xue Rengui was shocked when he heard this, and said respectfully to Liu He: "Weichen will definitely do his best for His Majesty, and he will never give up!" ”