In early spring, the climate is humid and rainy, and the official road along the south bank of the Yellow River is to the west, and the road surface is slippery and muddy. Six days later, Zhang Yue led his entourage to Luoyang, where he rested for a day, and was provided with grain and grass by the Xijing Garrison Office of Luoyang Prefecture and arranged camping. Two literati accompanied them, and they had to visit the Luoyang scenic spots and historic sites, and then continued westward.

All the way through the pond, the gorge, arrived in Shaanzhou, the guest provincial envoy, and also known the affairs of the Shaanzhou military government to training, actually personally led the officials of the state out of the city ten miles to greet, the soldiers' camp supplies were also arranged very thoughtfully, and warmly invited Zhang Yue into the city post house to live temporarily.

Xiang Xun, the word Xingmin, a native of Huaizhou, Hanoi, was rejected in his early years to serve Liu Zhiyuan, and switched to Guo Wei as a pawn, and later Guo Wei Zhenyedu, led the Tianxiong Army, and took Xiang Xun as a guest to escort the Ya, both internal and guarding, and at the same time responsible for foreign affairs. Because the ability is only in the middle and upper, as an old qualification from the dragon, Xiang Xun's career is considered to be flat and stable.

Last year, he was appointed as the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, and he was reappointed as the inspector of Shaanzhou with his merits, and now he is also the provincial envoy and the governor of Shaanzhou, which shows Guo Wei's intention to promote his experience. Because the guest provincial envoy is subordinate to the Xuanhui Yuan, the military affairs are only temporary dispatches, and they are not genuine official positions, which are considered to overlap with the Honglu Temple and the state assassin history, which is developed from the late Tang Dynasty, and the later official position of Zhizhou is a further step, but the functions and powers are scattered, and it is no longer a military and political grasp.

Of course, Emperor Guo Wei's intentions are not only that, because Meng Chang, the queen of Shuzhong, is not dead in Guanzhong's coveting heart, and Li Shouzhen rebelled in Hezhong in the second year of Qianyou, and Shuzhong sent troops to respond, but was finally repelled by Guo Wei's troops.

In addition, the feudal domains in China are also not stable, and they do not have much sense of identity with Guo Wei, who has just ascended the throne, so Xiang Xun knows Shaanzhou, which can be regarded as a barrier for the choke point. And now, the situation is gradually stabilizing, Guo Wei began to meddle in Kansai, and Zhang Yue was appointed as the governor of Yan and Qing, that is, to further tighten the control of the Kansai domains. In fact, there are very few available talents in Guo Wei's descendants, and there are important ministers such as Wang Yin and Wang Jun who are constantly hindered, which can be regarded as difficult.

Obviously, Zhang Yue led the troops into the country, and Xiang Xun got the news, and it was not yet evening, the back hall of the state government was brightly lit, and the reception banquet was ready to stop, the tooth soldiers were guarding outside, and the servants and maids were waiting on the side.

"Why haven't you arrived yet? Go and rush! "Xiang Xun is tall, handsome, with short beards on his lips and chins, he is in his forties this year, in the prime of life, he is dressed in a crimson official robe, wearing a short-winged and hard-footed sarza head, wearing a leather belt around his waist, standing in front of the hall with his hands behind his back, and commanding the tooth soldiers on duty.

"General! They're coming! The tooth soldier was about to go, but he stopped and shouted. Because the rank of the training officer is the general Mingwei from the fourth grade, the tooth soldier has this name.

Xiang Xun nodded, and immediately went out to greet him at the foot of the steps, and saw that Zhang Yue had taken off his armor and changed into a dark crimson official robe, which should have just been freshened up, he looked really young and heroic, and his appearance was dignified, he brought his subordinates over to greet him and said: "General Xiang is too polite, thousands of soldiers are well supplied, so I don't want to go!" ”

"It's okay! It's the same errand for Your Majesty, don't mind! Is this your subordinate? It looks quite extraordinary, so why not introduce it? Xiang Xun bowed slightly, looking at Xuan Chongwen, who was fierce and calm behind Zhang Yue, with envy in his eyes.

"Huh! This is my brother of the same meaning, the temporary governor and commander, a native of Zhaozhou, Hebei, named Xuan Chongwen, interested in the general, I will ask him to have a few more drinks with you later! Zhang Yue felt a little proud in his heart, but his face was not revealed, and he smiled politely.

"Haha...... That's a good idea! Please! Xiang Xun laughed, turned sideways, and invited a few people to sit down. As a martial artist, he is obviously more interested in martial arts, but he doesn't pay much attention to Feng Qianhou and Han Sheng behind Zhang Yue.

Han Sheng suddenly felt despised and had an annoyed look on his face. Feng Qianhou had seen a lot of this situation, so he didn't care about it, blinked his triangular eyes, twisted his sparse short yellow beard, pulled Han Sheng to sit down on the next low couch, shook his head and smiled and whispered: "Deyu! The literati are unwilling! Zeng Zi said: I am three times a day, and I am not loyal to others? Making friends and not believing them? If we are not friends, we naturally do not get the attention we deserve, and we are with each other! ”

"Brother Xiaode is still cultivated, but the foolish brother is far behind!" Han Sheng was relieved and laughed softly.

"You have come from afar, you have worked hard all the way, please drink this cup!" When they greeted each other outside the city before, several people had met and had already understood each other, but at this time there was actually nothing to say, just in addition to the entertainment that officialdom had to have, by the way, they released a kind of friendliness and affection.

Xiang Xun diligently persuaded him to drink, Zhang Yue and Xuan Chongwen dealt with it politely and carefully, after all, the officials were senior and senior, and they did not flatter but could not be offended. At the moment, the guests and hosts were happy, and the reception banquet was eaten until the evening, and Xiang Xun personally sent a few people to the post house, and his attitude was eagerly overflowing.

Even so, Zhang Yue was also inconvenient to stay, and Xiang Xun inquired about some of the situation in Guanzhong and Guanbei, and the next morning he resigned, led the troops to leave Shaanzhou, after three days of rapid travel, this night stayed in the suburban town of Minxiang County, Yuzhou, and arrived at Tongguan in the afternoon of the next day, which belonged to the jurisdiction of Huazhou under the jurisdiction of the Hezhong Protector Jiedu Envoy.

Tongguan chokes the remnants of Huashan Mountain, adjacent to the Yellow River in the north, the mountainside in the south, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, fortunately, the weather is sunny, the road condition is not bad, to the outside of the Guancheng, Zhang Yue first stationed troops, with the patrol officer Han Sheng holding the official document in the advanced Guancheng verification painting, waiting to enter the pass to rest, and then enter the pass tomorrow.

Stationed here are the three commanders of the Hezhong town soldiers, all of whom are from Hedong, named Kang Chengze, about thirty or forty years old, with five big and three thick, rough faces, and a beautiful beard.

After signing the official document, he personally led the officers to come out to welcome Zhang Yue's men and horses into the city, Tongguan is not a military fort, the city was originally very large, the defense facilities are complete, and there are many barracks, but it has been war-torn for a long time, it has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is dilapidated, which makes people feel desolate from the vicissitudes of life.

"It's still early! Brother Chongwen hurriedly led the troops into the camp to settle, let's go out for a trip and take a good look! Looking at the three-storey magnificent wooden tower, Zhang Yue was very interested, and he couldn't wait to climb the top of the endless mountain immediately and look into the distance.

"Great! Tongguan is famous! Should you go to Phoenix Mountain, or to Qilin Mountain? Xuan Chongwen obviously agrees.

"I'm waiting for Takeo! Naturally, he climbed Qilin Mountain, and this still needs to be said......" Zhang Yue laughed.

Qilin Mountain does not just refer to a mountain, but a mountain range, because Tongguan Guancheng expanded, along the mountainside deep valley area to build a city, the north part of Qilin Mountain into the city, so the Qilin Mountain mentioned here is naturally the mountain outside the city.

After discussing, everyone immediately went their separate ways, Zhang Yue took his daughter, Kang Chengze specially found a separate small mansion for him, Cheng Yachan took Qiu Xiang all the way to the car, but the road was not easy to walk, and it would not be comfortable to take the carriage, so the two went in to rest first.

Zhang Zhixing arranged for the guards to go, and Chen Jia took his own soldiers to unload the luggage outside, and ordered the soldiers to move into the room. Zhang Yue stepped into the courtyard and saw Cheng Yachan sitting in the hall with a cup of tea in her hand, so she smiled and said, "I'm tired!" Have a good rest, I'm going to rush tomorrow, I'll go outside to see the scenery first, and then come back to accompany you! ”

"Then I'm going too! When I came, I saw that Guancheng was so magnificent, I wanted to tell you! Cheng Yachan got up in surprise when she heard this, and laughed happily.

"It's windy and cold outside, so it's not convenient for you to go, right? I brought subordinate officers, as well as filial piety, and it is estimated that Kang Du will also lead the way! Zhang Yue regretted saying a lot, taking a woman to walk the mountain road, thinking that he also knew the speed of the snail, don't come back to a snail or something, it would be really fatal.

"You're not here! I'll change my clothes, and then I'll take my hat and don't show them......" Cheng Yachan obviously misunderstood, pursed her lips and chuckled, and immediately went to change her clothes.

Zhang Yue laughed strangely when he heard it, and had to agree: "Then you hurry up...... I'm waiting for you outside the door! ”