The three northwestern provinces are all cold places, in comparison, Xiguan is the coldest, and the climate of Tianshan Road is much more suitable than the other two. Although many people say that the climate will become warmer after crossing the big snowy mountain in Shazhou, the pass leading to the west of the sandbar has always been blocked.

Less than 100 miles to the west of the Great Snow Mountain, it is a big desert, for the people of the Central Plains, it is an unknown place, although there have been some explorers who have crossed the Great Snow Mountain, want to find out what they will see after walking through the desert, but without exception, the people who have crossed the mountain, no one has returned.

In the early morning, in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion of Mingsha City, Zhu Lingyue was wearing a gray robe, holding a long sword in his hand, the sword spike was golden, his uninterrupted movements were not fast, but the clouds flowed, opening and closing, and he was very imposing.

Everyone in the world knows that Zhu Lingyue was born as a literati, and martial arts are not on the stage, but high-ranking officials and nobles have always regarded the sword as a sign of honor, regardless of whether they are interested in martial arts or not, they will also pretend to learn a few swordsmanship.

Over the years, no matter how late he slept tle, he would get up at a fixed time every morning and then dance a set of swordsmanship.

When one of the guards entered the courtyard, he did not come immediately, but watched from a distance, not daring to disturb.

When Zhu Lingyue had a set of swordsmanship, handed the long sword to an attendant, and handed a maid next to him a hot towel, Zhu Lingyue wiped his face, and the guard who was watching from a distance dared to come forward, knelt on the ground, and said: "Report to the governor, Lord Fei asks to see!" ”

Zhu Lingyue wiped his face, handed the hot towel to the maid, and asked, "Is it Fei Qing?" Is he back? ”

"It's Lord Fei Qingfei!"

"Pass him in!"

Soon, Fei Qing, the director of the Department of Rites of the Tianshan Mountains, hurriedly came over, and when he arrived in front of Zhu Lingyue, he was about to kneel, Zhu Lingyue stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "Director Fei, you are old, and there is no one here, so you don't need these false courtesies." Bendu is looking forward to your return day and night, when will you return to Mingsha? ”

"Back to my lordship, I arrived in Mingsha City at midnight last night." Fei Qing bowed his body, "I originally wanted to come over to meet the adults directly, but I was worried that the adults had already rested and disturbed the adults' rest, so I rushed over at dawn." ”

Zhu Lingyue saw that he was tired, and said with a smile: "Can you rest last night?" ”

"I squinted for a moment, and I didn't dare to delay the big thing."

"Director Fei has worked hard, and you haven't eaten breakfast yet, right?" Zhu Lingyue was pleasant, and reached out to hold Fei Qing's arm, "Come, Ben Du didn't eat either, let's eat casually." ”

Zhu Lingyue said to eat casually, but in fact he was never sloppy about his breakfast, for him, he followed the teachings of the ancients to eat three meals a day, eat well in the morning, eat enough at noon, and eat less at night.

Zhu Lingyue pays great attention to his body, and he never makes do with breakfast, there is a special cook in the house to make breakfast, in addition to the exquisite dim sum with color and flavor, Zhu Lingyue will drink a bowl of red date porridge and a bowl of red bean porridge for breakfast, and the two bowls of porridge can't be moved.

On the dining table, according to Zhu Lingyue's dim sum, Fei Qing added an extra portion, Fei Qing was old and couldn't eat too much, so he just prepared another red bean porridge.

When eating, Zhu Lingyue never deals with business, of course Fei Qing knows this, he admires Zhu Lingyue's composure in his heart, he has just rushed back from the thirty-six dock forts, but Zhu Lingyue is not in a hurry to know the outcome of the matter, and he can eat breakfast with peace of mind, this calmness is not something that ordinary people can have.

After breakfast, the two maids came up with a silver plate, which contained warm water, Zhu Lingyue and Fei cleaned their hands and wiped them clean with a warm towel, and then went to the living room to sit down, and the next person served tea, Zhu Lingyue tasted a sip of tea, then put down the teaglass, looked at Fei Qing, and asked with a smile: "Director Fei, Ganhou, when did you promise to send your sister over?" ”

Fei Qing was blowing the end of the tea, listening to Zhu Lingyue's question, he hurriedly put down the teacup, a little surprised in his heart, but he still replied respectfully: "My lord, what General Gan means, stay in Miss Gan for the last year, and as soon as the New Year passes, Miss Gan will be sent over and marry the third master." ”

Zhu Lingyue smiled: "General Gan is a smart man......!" pinched his fingers and calculated, and said: "It's only a month before the end of the year, after all, it is understandable that brothers and sisters depend on each other." ”

"My lord, how do you know that General Gan will definitely agree?"

"Director Fei can speak well, do things properly, send you there, and the matter will be half the success." Zhu Lingyue smiled and said, "After you came in, there was no frustration between your eyebrows, which naturally showed that things were going well. ”

Fei Qing sighed and said: "Zhu Du is really wise. Yes, this time we went secretly, pretending to be a businessman, General Gan warmly received him in private, and told him Zhu Du's conditions, he looked very happy, and said on the spot, Zhu Gan's two families got married, which was a great thing, and he said that Zhu Du could take a fancy to their Gan family, and of course they had no reason not to obey. ”

"That's good." Zhu Lingyue smiled and said: "Take Xiguan, hand over Yanshan to their Gan family to operate, and the taxes of the two states of Jinhe belong to the Northwest Army, of course he will not agree." ”

Fei Qing leaned forward slightly and asked, "Zhu Du, do you mean that Ganhou will definitely send troops to help us?" ”

"What Gan Hou thinks in his mind, we are not completely sure yet." Zhu Lingyue stroked his hair, "As long as his sister really comes to Tianshan, then this matter will be done." ”

Fei Qing said excitedly: "Zhu Du, as long as Ganhou is truly obedient to the Lord, then even if Beishan and Xishan join forces, they will definitely not be our opponents." ”

"Yes, you passed through Xiguan, how is the situation over there?"

"Chu Huan seems to be really going to break the net with Xiao Huan's octopus." Fei Qing said with a smile: "I heard that the main force of the Xiguan Army has been transferred to the southern front, and the two sides are in full swing to prepare for the battle. ”

"What about the Western Front?" Zhu Lingyue asked softly: "I heard that the fortifications are being built over there in Hezhou, it shouldn't be true, right?" ”

"That's true." Fei Qingdao: "I have also inquired about the humble position, Pei Ji, who trained the Praetorian Guards for Chu Huan, has now arrived in Hezhou, and Hezhou has recruited people and built fortifications, it seems that he is already guarding against our Tianshan Mountains." ”

Zhu Lingyue said with a smile: "Chu Huan regards Bendu as a thorn in the flesh, and the southern front is tight, of course he would think that we would take the opportunity to march from the western front, which is just a matter of common sense." ”

"Zhu Du, you said that this Xiao Huanzhang is cautious, why is he so aggressive this time?" Fei Qing frowned and said, "Is it really for Xiao Jingqian's death, you have to fight with Chu Huan?" Could it be that Xiao Jingqian was really assassinated by Chu Huan? ”

Zhu Lingyue groaned slightly, and then said: "If there is no conclusive evidence, Xiao Huanzhang will not be so excited." Now it seems that Xiao Huanzhang has determined that Xiao Jingqian's death is related to Chu Huan, so he sent troops angrily. Xiao Huanzhang is old, only two sons, although Xiao Jingqian has no great talent, but he is not a mediocre husband, such a son is dead, he loses his son when he is old, he is sad and angry, and it is also human nature. ”

Fei Qingdao: "Xiao Jingsheng has always admired Zhu Du, I'm afraid that this time he sent troops, he also affected Xiao Huanzhang." Xiao Jingsheng has always insisted on attacking Xiguan, this time it happened that because of Xiao Jingqian's death, he added fuel to the fire, Xiao Huanzhang was already grieving, plus Xiao Jingsheng's promotion and sent troops to Xiguan, it should be like this. ”

Zhu Lingyue bowed slightly, then frowned, and said thoughtfully: "It's just that this governor is a little strange, why did Chu Huan do something to Xiao Jingqian?" Is this really trying to sow discord between us and Kitayama? Chu Huan, this governor has a little understanding, and he does things without leakage, if he really wants to assassinate Xiao Jingqian, it must be carefully planned and done seamlessly, and it is impossible to leave flaws, but according to the current situation, Xiao Huanzhang already knows that Chu Huan is the murderer, so Chu Huan's actions this time must have a flaw...... This shouldn't be ......! He frowned thoughtfully, obviously not understanding the strangeness for a while.

"Zhu Du, no matter what, Beishan and Xiguan are already two armies facing each other." Fei Qing smiled: "This is a great good thing for us. After a pause, he lowered his voice and asked, "Zhu Du, to unify the northwest, this is a great opportunity, do we also have to prepare to send troops?" ”

"Naturally, you have to prepare, but it's too early to send troops." Zhu Lingyue stroked his beard and said: "Let them fight first, even if we fight, we can't easily send troops ......!" ”

"Zhu Du, if the Beishan Army wins a success, Xiao Huanzhang will take a large area of land in Xiguan." Fei Qing hurriedly said: "We can't let Xiao Huanzhang swallow Xiguan." ”

"The Beishan Army doesn't have that much ability." Zhu Lingyue smiled faintly and said, "Chu Huan is not a vegetarian either...... Even if they start fighting now, we will have to wait for ......! ”

"Wait?"

"Wait until Ganhou sends his sister over." Zhu Lingyue said: "After Gan Yujiao sent it, we immediately asked Gan Hou to send troops, and at that time, it was the time for us to send troops." ”

Fei Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "That's right, as long as Ganhou sends troops, the Tianshan Army plus the Northwest Army will definitely be invincible, and no one can stop it." ”

At this moment, I could hear the sound of footsteps outside, and I heard someone outside: "Third master, the master is discussing things with Master Fei, you see ......!" ”

"Get out of ......!" Heard a roar, and then there was a scream of "ouch", obviously the third old man started beating people, Fei Qing frowned slightly, and soon, a person walked in outside the door, less than thirty years old, and his appearance can be regarded as handsome, brocade clothes and jade belts, broke into the house, glanced at Fei Qing, stepped forward, sat down, tilted his head, and said loudly: "Big brother, it turns out that you have been hiding from me." ”

"What?" Zhu Lingyue frowned, "Zhu Lingqi, do you have any rules?" I didn't see me talking to Mr. Fei about something. ”

"I don't care." The third old man, Zhu Lingqi, said indifferently: "That family business, I will never agree, a stinky girl who dances with knives and guns, is full of rustic, whoever wants to marry will marry, anyway, he can't enter my door." ”