There are many legends about the Xiliang Iron Guard.

Just the tea house where Shen Yun is now located, there will be countless versions just by asking. Among them, there are three versions that are most talked about by the general public.

The first legend is that fifty years after the end of the Battle of the Caspian Sea, a group of Roman soldiers entered the Longqing Mansion and robbed a wealthy merchant of the palace worth 100,000 gold coins. After receiving the news, the Xiliang Iron Guard traveled 600 miles in a day and night, exterminated all these Roman soldiers on a small island in the Caspian Sea, and built a Jingguan, so that no Roman soldiers dared to spread wild on the land of the Han Dynasty after the war.

The second legend is the battle of Shiguo caused by a Han woman. At that time, in addition to the Great Han Flying Cavalry Guards in Shicheng, the capital of Shiguo, the Shiguo nobleman who invaded the Han merchants and forcib/traitors the daughters of the Han merchants was said to be hiding in the Kalmar Valley on the Hanluo border, surrounded by tens of thousands of Shiguo soldiers, and it was a night attack by the Xiliang Tiewei, which defeated tens of thousands of Shiguo soldiers and captured this nobleman to Shicheng for trial.

The third legend is that a plain where the caliph and the Han met suddenly caught fire at night, and the fire spread very quickly, covering an area of tens of thousands of acres, burning countless residents of the caliphate, and there were hundreds of Han people in one of the small towns, and it was the Xiliang Iron Guard who suddenly appeared and rescued them from the fire.

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In short, in the legend of the people of Xihai Prefecture, Xiliang Tiewei is omnipotent and cares about everything, mainly to protect the Han people in Xihai Prefecture.

There is even a legend that when a woman from a poor family had a difficult birth and almost lost her life, it was Xiliang Tiewei who appeared to help, not only the mother and child were safe, but also left a lot of money.

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"Okay, this Xiliang Tiewei is simply the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering!" Shen Yun couldn't help but smile when he heard these legends.

In the fine pavilion of the tea house not far from Tu's butcher's shop, Shen Yun and Fang Cheng were drinking tea. Zhang Ji was guarding at the door, and Shi Qian and Ouyang Fu went to find out so many strange legends.

Fang Cheng listened to it, and couldn't help laughing: "It's a little strange. What exactly does this Xiliang Tiewei do? How can even a woman with dystocia help? ”

This question was not asked to Shen Yun, but to Tu Tianjiao next to him.

Tu Tianjiao wore a black gauze hat and said in a calm tone: "There is nothing strange about it. Xiliang Tiewei is actually not a military position, but a servant left by Duke Jin. ”

After Tu Tianjiao's explanation, Shen Yun and the others understood. It turned out that at the time of the Caspian Sea War, the Yulin Secret Guard had just been formed, and its ability to monitor and control Xihai Prefecture was far inferior to that of the old state. Although the Han Shengzu had already sent most of the young men in Xihaizhou who might pose a threat to the rule of the Han people to the battlefield at that time, it was still a newly conquered area, and there were not many Han people, and it was very inconvenient to manage. So there was the Xiliang Iron Guard left by Jin Gong.

In other words, the Xiliang Iron Guard is actually not a variant of Jin Gong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but more like a branch of the Yulin Dark Guard.

"However, the original Xiliang Iron Guard was indeed served by a person from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, so it is not wrong to say that it is a variant leftover." Tu Tianjiao said slowly.

"What is the strength of the Xiliang Iron Guard? How many people are there? What is the level? Shen Yun asked. This is also the most important issue for everyone here.

There was a hint of uncertainty in Tu Tianjiao's tone: "Xiliang Tiewei has actually been disbanded since Duke Jin returned to Beijing to report on his work, at least in terms of military establishment, there is no such army. However, because Xihai Prefecture was still a newly attached state at that time, in order to prevent someone from plotting to rebel and endanger the safety of the Han people here, His Majesty the Holy Ancestor did not completely cancel the management of Xiliang Tiewei by the Xihai County Mansion. But because it does not belong to the military establishment, a lot of things are not very clear. ”

Shen Yun was stunned.

In this state, if the control of the military capabilities of the Xihai County is completely abolished, it is very likely that under the infiltration of Rome and the Caliphate, round after round of "national liberation movements" will be set off.

And because the Xiliang Iron Guard is actually doing the work of the Yulin Secret Guard to a large extent, its scale should not be very large. So this explains why in those legends, most of the time when the Xiliang Iron Guard appeared was at night.

And because it is called Xiliang Tiewei, the military function, at least militarized management, still exists. At least it has been on the battlefield where the two countries are at war, whether the war is a big war or a small war.

Now, there is only one question left, how many people are there in Xiliang Tiewei?

"It's hard to say," Tu Tianjiao said hesitantly as if recalling: "According to the archives of the secret guard, the original Xiliang Iron Guard was an army of 3,000 people, and it was a soldier who could attack the enemy head-on.

After His Majesty the Holy Ancestor, the Xiliang Iron Guard was disbanded, leaving less than one-tenth as a personal guard to protect the Xihai County Prince.

In the era of Emperor Le, because of the need to use troops against Shiguo, the contemporary Xihai County Duke once expanded the Xiliang Tiewei to the scale of 2,000 people under the instruction of the cabinet, and after the end of the Shiguo War, the Xiliang Tiewei was disbanded again.

The last paragraph has a record of the Xiliang Tiewei, which was presented to the emperor thirty years ago, when the previous Xihai County Duke died. The last name on the relic, '...... Subordinate to Xiliang Tiewei XVI, with a table of respectful play'! ”

"What? Sixteen people? Shen Yun was surprised.

Looking at Fang Cheng and the others again, they also had a confused expression.

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"Yes, the old man's Xiliang Iron Guard is indeed only sixteen people!"

At this time, a deep voice came from outside the Seikaku.

Shen Yun and the others looked up, only to see an old man with an extraordinary bearing, leading a young boy with a double bun and walked in. Zhang Ji hung his hands, his face full of embarrassment. Behind them were Atletico Madrid, Yan Ruyu and Bai Xiaosheng, and there was also a middle-aged man in a green robe standing faintly. According to Shen Yun's current eyesight, he can't see the appearance of this middle-aged man in a green robe clearly.

Shen Yun hurriedly got up, left the couch, stood five or six steps in front of the old man, clasped his hands into fists, and saluted: "Senior Shen Yun Shen Yuanrang, meet His Royal Highness the Duke of Xihai County!" ”

The rest of the crowd also got up and saluted.

Even Tu Tianjiao took off the black gauze hat that never left her body, revealing a slightly delicate, but combed man's face in a bun, bowed and clasped her fists and saluted.

Of course, the person who came is the most noble existence of the Han Empire in Xihai Prefecture, and the contemporary Xihai County stallion of the Han Empire!

Ma Yan paused, glanced around slightly, and said with a smile: "Yunhou is exempt!" Yunhou will pick a place, and this fine pavilion is also hidden. ”

With just this sentence, I can't tell whether Ma Shen is happy or angry, but Ma Shen's name for Shen Yun has already expressed his intentions.

To explain, when the three of them went to visit Xihai County before, they used Atletico's identity and did not mention Shen Yun. And when Chai Yuantang introduced his identity, Bai Xiaosheng could not directly report the name of his own marquis. Especially Shen Yun just inherited the title two years ago, and his name is really as far-reaching as his father. Therefore, in order to express his intimacy, Ma Shen used "Haihou" at the beginning.

And now, Shen Yun informed Ma Shen of his name in person, and Ma Shen immediately changed his name to "Yunhou", which is also a nickname. Even closer than the "Haihou".

"The younger generation Fang Transcript Fang Transcription, acting father Huainan Hou respectfully asks His Royal Highness for his well-being!" Fang Cheng is a junior, but he is also an imperial nobleman, so he reported his name first, but because he did not inherit the title, he couldn't greet him directly like Shen Yun, and could only use his father's name.

Ma Shen glanced at Shen Yun in surprise and said, "No courtesy!" Ah, speaking of Huainan Hou Fangfang, how many sons are you of Huainan Hou? ”

"Back to Your Highness, the juniors are ranked fourth."

Ma Shen's eyes suddenly showed joy, and he smiled: "Haha, in this way, when the virtuous nephew was young, the old man even hugged you!" ”

Fang Cheng was also surprised: "Really? The younger generation has never heard my father mention it~~"

Ma Shen waved his hand and said, "More than twenty years ago, the old man had several friends with Ling Zun and Yunhou's father. I remember when I was in the ethereal house, Huainan Hou hugged you, but you actually peed out at that time, when Huainan Hou was in a hurry, he had to stuff you into the old man's arms first, hahahaha, good boy, the urine was unfinished, and the old man was sprayed all over his face! It can be seen that your kidneys are full of water since he was a child! Hahaha"

This kind of trouble, Ma Shen actually said it with a smile on his face, but Fang Cheng's face was flushed. However, the relationship between the two or three families has become much closer.

Although Fang Wei did not mention to Fang Cheng about meeting with the Duke of Xihai County, Fang Wei is still alive and can be verified, and he will not talk nonsense if he wants to come to Ma Shen. As for what the three of them did and said when they met, it's hard to find out.

Of course, it is mainly because Ma Shen said that the meeting place --- the ethereal residence~~ Everyone who has been to this place knows that it is not a serious place. As juniors, Shen Yun and Fang Cheng naturally didn't want to ask too much, so they could only laugh and laugh.

After Ma Shen finished laughing, he glanced around again, "Huh", and his eyes stopped on Tu Tianjiao.

Tu Tianjiao immediately said in a male voice that changed his voice: "The second town of Yulin Secret Guard controls Tu Tianjiao, and I will meet His Royal Highness the County Prince!" ”

When Ma Shen heard this, the smile on his face suddenly tightened, and he glanced around again, and saw that no one saluted him again, so he said, "Yunhou, sit down and talk!" ”

Shen Yun knew that this was the end of the greetings, and it was exactly what it meant to talk about things.

Among the nobles of the Han Empire, the etiquette was complicated and grand. Although there are more than a dozen people in this fine pavilion, the only ones who can really sit down and talk to Ma Shen are Shen Yun, Fang Cheng, Tu Tianjiao and Ma Jing, and the others are not qualified. And the greetings just now are actually a method of screening their respective identities among nobles.

You must know that in front of the Duke of Xihai County of the Han Dynasty, unless the emperor or duke is present, the other titles have to sign up for their own numbers and come forward to salute.

Since Ma Shen had the intention of a formal meeting, Shen Yun immediately arranged it. Shi Qian and Ouyang Fu continued to go to the vicinity to inquire about the things they had confessed before, Bai Xiaosheng went back to Tu's butcher shop first, but before leaving, he secretly handed an item to Shen Yun. Yan Ruyu followed Bai Xiaosheng away.

Zhang Ji and Ma Shen came with the blue-robed people who stood outside the pavilion to guard together.

Everyone sat down, and the immature boy who Ma Shen had been holding saluted to everyone, don't look at him as a little person, but he has a board and eyes, and looks like a little adult. ”

Shen Yun smiled, his thoughts flashed, but he suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

Brother and sister??

Among the few people here, who is the sister?

Atletico and Fang Cheng also reacted suddenly, looking at Tu Tianjiao, who was already wearing a black gauze hat again.

Seeing that everyone suddenly fell silent, Ma Zhinu was also a little panicked in his heart, approached his grandfather a little, pulled Ma Shen's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, did Zhinu say something wrong?" ”

Ma Shen ignored everyone's silence and said directly: "Butcher girl, don't hide your head and cover your face, what's wrong with the girl?" The girl can't be the ruler of a town?! Joke! At the beginning, I had an argument with Tu Xiaotian's old horseman about this, but he insisted on not listening~~"

Then he lowered his head and said to the young slave: "My young slave is good, I didn't say anything wrong." This sister's father is a fierce old man, and he insists on making her a male baby, so he forces a girl's family like a flower to hide her head and cover her face all day long, which is really hateful. ”

Fang Cheng and Atletico Madrid both had confused expressions, and they didn't know what to say about this situation, so they simply didn't say anything. It's just that the horror and surprise in my heart have been rolling in like a monstrous wave, and my eyes are all looking at Shen Yun.

Tu Tianjiao was still wearing a black gauze hat and couldn't see her expression, but it could be seen from her slightly swaying body that she was a little excited now.

Shen Yun coughed and was about to speak, but Tu Tianjiao had already changed back to a female voice with a neutral voice: "Your Highness doesn't hear it, and the son doesn't say anything about the father." Today, I invite His Royal Highness to come here not to arrange for him and his father, if His Royal Highness is disrespectful to his father, he will have to retire first! ”

Ma Shen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Yo ho, I'm not old, but my temper is not small!" Well, it's worthy of being a slaughterer! Ling Zun dares to call the name of slaying the dragon, and you are named Tianjiao, and the family is all arrogant! ”

Tu Tianjiao straightened her waist and raised her voice: "The name of my father is determined by His Majesty the Holy Ancestor, doesn't His Highness question the holy will in this remark?!" ”

Ma Shen was stunned for a moment, speechless for a while. After a while, he said: "What a strong argument girl." Yes, the name of Ling Zun is indeed the Holy Ancestor, and the old man is offended. ”

Shen Yun and the three of them were even more shocked when they heard it.

What? Is there anyone else in this world called Dragon Slayer?

Dragon, but the embodiment of the emperor. Although the Holy Ancestor didn't say so before, the Han people after the Holy Ancestor all knew that the dragon represented the emperor, and the biggest leader of the Yulin Secret Guard was actually called Dragon Slayer, which was still appointed by the Holy Ancestor. It's really ~~day dog~~

In fact, every head of a slaughtering family, no matter what it was called before, after inheriting the position of head of the family, is called a dragon slayer. The purpose is very simple, that is, to warn the emperor that in this world, there are still dragon slayers, don't think that you can do whatever you want when you become an emperor.

Although it is called dragon slayer, this dragon slayer is the most loyal guard of the "dragon". I don't know how this kind of bad taste and great irony has been passed down. Of course, the dragon slayers of the past dynasties have been loyal to the emperor, which is also an important reason why this name can be maintained to this day, there is no one.

From this conversation, it can be seen that Ma Shen also has a very close relationship with the Tu family. Coupled with the Marquis of Bohai and the Marquis of Huainan, this prince of Xihai County, who is far away in Xihai Prefecture, has such a close connection with the nobles of Laozhou. This surprised Shen Yun very much.

You must know that although the Duke of Xihai is an extremely noble title in the Han Empire, there are more nobles in the empire, unless there are world friends, such as the Marquis of Bohai and the Marquis of Huainan, or there are in-laws, such as the Duke of Liang and the Duke of Yan, the Marquis of Linzi and the Marquis of Bohai~~ In addition, there is rarely a too close relationship between the nobles.

But this Ma Shen is far away in Xinzhou, on the far west border, and I have never heard of the Xihai County Duke marrying any noble family in the empire, and even the Longyou Ma family is relatively estranged, so how can there be such a strange relationship?

However, for Shen Yun, the closer he is, the easier it is to achieve his current goal. So this matter can be put aside for now. On the contrary, the most important thing at the moment, how to deal with the Roman invasion, should be brought up and discussed with Ma Sen.

PS: Let's talk about the missing chapters first. I originally made an announcement, but I found that it was not updated on the home page, I'm afraid that many people can't see it, and I want to open a VIP single chapter alone, and it takes more than 500 words to send it, and the VIP single chapter of 500 words, you will have to pay another fee. I can't think of a way to do it for a while, so I'm going to explain it to you here.

First of all, when the book was first uploaded, even a year ago, the missing chapters were there, and then they disappeared for some unknown reason. My personal guess is that it's probably because of the forbidden words in those chapters.

Secondly, I used to write to survive, so I would update more diligently, and I would also communicate closely with the editor. Now, writing is purely a hobby, and sometimes I can't write when I'm busy with work, and gradually there are fewer updates.

In fact, I may be able to find the reason and solve it by contacting the editor, but I haven't contacted the editor-in-charge for a year or two, and I don't know if there is a replacement, and I'm afraid of trouble. At that time, the expectation of the editor-in-charge will put me under a lot of pressure.

Some people will ask, what's the pressure on this?

Well, the friend who asked this question, either the pure reader has not written, or the great god who has always insisted on code words, I personally express my admiration. But the concubine can't do it.

For example, the updates in the past few days are actually all saved drafts that have been written before, and the new ones are still being written with or without a match. Originally, I wanted to write a little more and continue to update it, and strive for a full attendance award. But because a reader entered my book friend group and asked me when I would update it in that extremely deserted book friend group, I suddenly had pressure and motivation to write some and post some out.

Lo and behold, that's the pressure.

So, I'm still a little responsible.

Well, I don't have enough responsibility~~ I admit it, otherwise I wouldn't have written it for so long without finishing it~~

Again, this book is the most well-received of all my works, and the most satisfying of my own. I didn't want to finish like the previous books, so I had to write slowly, trying to portray the world I imagined as completely. A lot of things I didn't think of before, but I can think of now, I didn't use them before, but I can use them now, so I write very slowly.

I don't dare to ask for forgiveness, but I am grateful for everyone's perseverance.

Well, my wife said that the friends who have not been taken off the shelves until now must be true love!

Since it's true love, please keep loving!

In this impetuous society, how many things can we always insist on?! I finally caught one, so keep going!

Finally, thanks to your urging, I will continue ~~ slowly ~~ write ~~

Love you guys~~ (To be continued.) )