On a late autumn afternoon, Yang Hao went straight to the county mansion from the Generalissimo's Mansion of the Fifth Army, walked through the instrument gate, walked through the corridor, turned around and cornered, and only got off the horse when he arrived outside the Xuanming Hall.

Under a jujube tree that had lost its leaves, Lu Rui was lying quietly on the rocking chair alone, with a handkerchief covering her face, basking in the sun comfortably, Yang Hao coughed, passed by her, and a gust of wind blew off the silk handkerchief covering her face, Lu Rui was sleeping sweetly with her eyes closed, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, outlining a smiling face,

Yang Hao saw that she didn't move, so he turned back again, snapped his fingers in her ear, and said, "Go back to the house and sleep, don't freeze." ”

He returned to the study, washed his face with the cold water in the copper basin, wiped his sleeve and sat in front of the bookcase.

Yang Hao pulled out a letter from the personal bag, took scissors to cut the corner of the letter, and laboriously pulled the letter paper out of the envelope, which is a kind of paper made of silk cotton, tough and strong as sheepskin, tearing hard is not easy to rot, soaked in water for three days and three nights, the handwriting on the paper is still as new, but there is one, this paper is very afraid of fire, put it on the fire and gently bake it will turn yellow and brittle, blow it lightly with your mouth, and it will be extinguished.

Lu Rui came in, holding a bowl of tea in both hands, staring at him in a daze, his face was lazy as if he had just woken up, and his feet were drifting vigorously as if he was stepping on a cotton ball, and the whole person was lazy, as if he could fall asleep standing up.

She put down the tea bowl and was absentmindedly grinding ink for Yang Hao.

Yang Hao waved his hand and said: "Go and go, if you are sleepy, you will sleep, I don't need you to wait." ”

When Lu Rui heard the word waiting, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "You have to wait for me." Yang Hao glanced at her, and said angrily: "There are so many people serving you, you are still content, I heard that you call Yiyang around, just like calling a dog, you are really capable." Lu Rui sighed faintly and said, "If there is any way, if I am not ruthless, there will be no place to stand." ”

Yang Hao scolded with a smile: "You, don't be satisfied, you look at the two of you and Qing'er in this house, the one who is now possessed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, reserved like a Buddha, let him not be close, don't you just be favored, thousands of favors in one, you are not satisfied, you go out to inquire, don't say that I am a generalissimo, when the prince of the court, that is, the generals of the assassin history, which family does not have ten or eight, a teapot and a teacup ten, who has you to use." ”

When Lu Rui heard this, he still looked listless and said: "My teacup is matched with a teapot for you, not bad, but, the generalissimo of the Fifth Army, the prince of the dynasty, since you came back from Datong River, a few days, how is the love between you and my husband and wife, have you ever touched me, even if I understand you, but they are hungry and thirsty." ”

Yang Hao scolded with a smile: "Get out of the way, dare to talk nonsense again, and then enter the cold palace." ”

Lu Rui said: "Yo, look at what you can do, your big teapot can't take care of a small teacup, are you embarrassed, if I'm a man, I'll find a tea bowl and pour half a bowl of tea in it and drown in it." ”

Yang Hao couldn't help but feel a little short of breath, and said, "This, this, I'm not busy." ”

"Of course you're busy, busy drinking with your subordinates, busy taking your son out hunting, busy accompanying your nephews and nieces crazy...... When are you free to come to me? ”

Yang Hao smiled and said, "Don't quarrel, when I finish writing this letter, I will be busy with your sister." ”

Lu Rui's heart was furious when he heard this, and his spirit was lifted, and Mo Mo was diligent, but when he saw Yang Hao writing two sentences, he bit the pen and was in a daze, and he was angry again, and urged: "You should write quickly, how long will it take to write a letter." ”

Yang Hao said: "I haven't written anything for a long time, and now I forget to write with a pen." ”

Lu Rui said: "Now I know that it takes my brain to write something, I persuaded you not to send Mu Tong out, but you didn't listen." ”

After Yang Hao's defeat and flight into the desert, he and Lu Xiaofeng and Qin Sihu gathered a group of people to smuggle salt at the border for a living, and were cleared by the official army and had nowhere to hide, and successively defected to Haotian Trading Company, Lu Xiaofeng was left in Haotian Luoyang Headquarters by Wu Chenglong, and he was transferred to Heluo and Shandong to experience the branch.

After Yang Hao made a comeback, the two sent a messenger to Yang Hao to ask him to return to the northwest, but Yang Hao did not agree, but encouraged them to continue to stay in Haotian Trading Company, take root, learn skills, and promised that they would be reused in the future.

Lu Rui naturally had her intentions when she mentioned Mu Tong, she wanted to use Mu Tong to pull out Lu Xiaofeng,

Lu Rui wants to do some business and make some money as a widow in Xiao Chang'an, and it is inconvenient for her to come forward, although Lu Fang and Gu Dahua are capable, after all, their brains are not enough, and there is no capable person around them, so they remembered Lu Xiaofeng, Lu Xiaofeng was willing to come back, but Yang Hao was unwilling,

Lu Rui also knew that Yang Hao didn't like Lu Xiaofeng, so he didn't dare to persuade him head-on, so he could only knock on the side of those words.

Yang Hao knew her thoughts, and deliberately pretended to be confused, but said with a smile: "Mu Tong is capable, but even if he is there, he can't interfere in this matter, this is a matter in the stabbing horse camp, alas, how to write the words of the Guan Jun Rong envoy, I have been forgetting to write recently." ”

Lu Rui sighed silently in her heart, her pretty eyes turned white at Yang Hao, and said: "You, what is it called forgetting to write with a pen, you don't know how to write well at all." As he spoke, he dipped his hand in the tea and wrote on the table,

Yang Hao pinched her nose and said, "It's great to be able to write two words, I just can't write regular characters." ”

Lu Rui stuck out his tongue at him and asked, "Who is going to be the envoy of the Guanjun, that is a big official." ”

Yang Hao said: "Big is big, but it's like a castle in the air, it's not good-looking." ”

Lu Rui was shocked: "I heard that most of the officials who are doing this are eunuchs, who is going to be promoted, Qiu Shiliang, ouch, I said that you are not confused, he hurt you like that, you still have to ensure that he is promoted." ”

Yang Hao said: "What is wrong with rising and descending. ”

Lu Rui said: "As far as you are smart, the trick of rising and descending secretly, can't he see it, people are willing to comply, I think you don't write this letter, and if you write it, it will be in vain." ”

Yang Hao raised his head and smiled: "If you continue to quarrel like this, I won't be able to finish writing this letter in a day." ”

Lu Rui closed her mouth helplessly, she sat quietly opposite Yang Hao for a while, walked lightly to the yard, looked at the two goldfish raised in the tank, less than a cup of tea, she turned back again, crept behind Yang Hao, supported her elbows on his back, and watched him write a letter, Yang Hao covered the two pages of the letter with a blank paper and didn't let her read it.

Lu Rui muttered: "Stingy." ”

Yang Hao finally finished writing the last word, and was about to check the side, Lu Rui had already sat in his arms, and the cherry mouth was quickly delivered, Yang Hao was aroused by her, hugged her head, kissed her lips fiercely, and said breathlessly: "The surname is Lu, see how the master cleans you up today." ”

Lu Rui gritted his teeth and said while untying his clothes: "I'm afraid of you, come, see who eats whom." ”

She untied Yang Hao's clothes, Yang Hao also stripped her clean, she wanted to act on the public case, but she was afraid that she would knock over the ink and pollute her hard work for half a day, so she picked her up and looked at the side room, where there was a Hu bed, which Yang Hao used to rest after being tired from work, and now it has become a happy place for the two.

The two of them were mouth-to-mouth, tongue wrapped around tongue, the entanglement was inextricable, and the busy work was in full swing, and suddenly they heard Dongfang Lan shouting outside the door: "Dashuai, Chief Asmith is here." The two of them were both stunned, and they froze there for a while, and then they heard someone in the courtyard laughing loudly: "Yang Dashuai, forgive me for being rude, and break into your bedroom directly." ”

Yang Hao hurriedly pushed Lu Rui away, and while dressing, he replied, "Asmi, don't come in yet, I'll go out to see you." ”

When Lu Rui heard this, he hated and ashamed, gritted his teeth, his face was hideous, he ignored his two hands, and hit him like raindrops, Yang Hao couldn't parry, retreated in a hurry, and fled in a hurry.

Asmi is the leader of the Quze tribe, Asermi, two years ago he went to the Western Regions, because he heard the Hu merchants there say that the word "Asr" means "shit", he didn't want to use it anymore, so he removed the pronunciation of the word Er, and changed his name to Asmi.

Quze nomadic herding in the west of Helan Mountain, famous for raising oolong foals, in the past was conquered by Yang Hao and became an ally of Fengzhou, after Yang Hao's defeat and the fall of Fengzhou, their life was not easy, first Shuofang Town seized several pastures and dangerous passes located east of Helan Mountain, forced them to move west, and then were defeated by the Uighurs, forced to pay tribute to the Uighur royal court every year 3,000 oolong foals, miserable,

After the collapse of the Uighurs, they wanted to be able to take a breath, they didn't want the Tibetans to take advantage of the situation again, although the Tibetans had declined, but their strength was still much stronger than that of the Quzebu, and Asmith was defeated again, not only to pay tribute to the Uighurs 3,000 oolong horses to pay tribute to the Tibetans, but also to send troops to assist the Tibetans in attacking the western border of the Tang Dynasty,

How shrewd the Tubo people are, they dare not easily provoke the Tang army when their strength is declining, so they will use Qu Zebu as cannon fodder, victory is happy, defeat can also consume the strength of the Tang army, reduce the pressure on themselves,

When the Wang family was in charge of Shuofang, Asmi also fought a few victories, although the loss was not small, but the gains and losses were still able to pass, but now it is not good, when Sean Qing Zhenshuo, the strong soldiers are like clouds, Qu Zebu is a defeat and a defeat, the Tubo people saw that he failed, not only did not send troops to rescue, but raised the butcher's knife behind his back, ready to slaughter this vassal, and he ate first,

In desperation, Asmith had no choice but to be cheeky and send a messenger to Xiaochang'an to ask Yang Hao to see him, expressing his willingness to pay tribute to Yang Hao with 3,000 oolong horses every year and become a vassal of the Tang Kingdom.

Yang Hao put forward a condition, requiring Quze to move to the east of Helan Mountain, west of the Yellow River, and directly under the supervision of Shuofang Iron Cavalry, so that he could be his ally, and the annual tribute of 3,000 oolong horses could be reduced by half, and in case of famine, he could be exempted from worship as appropriate.

Asmi naturally knew that once he left his hometown, he was afraid that he would never be free again, three or five years soon, seven or eight years slow, and sooner or later he would be swallowed by Yang Hao with a bone, but he would not obey.

Tubo can't pass this pass, the northwest land is now two strong side by side, if you don't vote for Yang Hao, you will vote for Tubo, survive in the cracks, no play, Asmith thinks about it, and thinks it's more promising to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, he calculates like this, even if he is completely reduced to Yang Hao's vassal generals in the future, at his disposal, but the status of his own tribal leader can still be preserved, and his own people will not be separated, and he can still rely on the secret of raising oolong foals to be a rich man in Datang,

The Tang people need their own horses, very much needed, as for the Tubo people, they live on the high Tianji Ice Field, there are all kinds of good horses to choose from, the advantage of the oolong horse is not obvious, and more importantly, the Tubo people do not pay much attention to the rules of business, this is more hateful than the Tang people, the Tang people are nothing more than delaying the payment, or deducting a little money for some reason, the Tubo people, see that you are not happy people openly refuse to pay, this is the same as robbing,

Well, there is still a difference, the goods are robbed, at least you can report to the official, although no one dares to accept it, but at least it can win people's sympathy, so it was bought by others, it is really ...... I cried without tears,

That's not all, the most atmospheric thing is that the Tubo people have always treated their weak allies as slaves, which is far inferior to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, at least on the surface, they still respect the people who sincerely belong to the people.

Asmi agreed to the request to move east of Helan Mountain, but he also had a condition, he asked himself to send an envoy to Chang'an to present the attached document to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, instead of first submitting the attached document to the Generalissimo of the Northwest Fifth Army, and then Yang Hao forwarded it to the emperor, directly to the emperor, and Asmith, who was a student of the Guozijian in Chang'an, was divided into the mysteries of the Qing Dynasty.

Although this request was rude, it did annoy Yang Hao for a while, but in the end he agreed.

This made Asmi very excited, what is the generalissimo of the five armies in the northwest, it's just that, I'm Asmith will have a small gain as soon as he comes out, wait for me and I will prepare well, don't you have to fool you to death, thinking about it like this, Asmi regretted a little, regretted that he had agreed to Yang Hao's conditions for internal relocation,

Is there any way to persuade him to let himself stay west of Helan Mountain?

No matter how powerful the empire is, there is a time when it declines, Tubo is like this, so are the Uighurs, isn't it the Tang Dynasty, what about Yang Hao, when did he decline, he was also very strong six years ago, as a result, he just formed an alliance with him, he fell, and it was a failure, this time, how long can he be strong?

Of course, these thoughts, Asmi also thought in his heart, if there was no arrival of the mysterious visitor from Chang'an City, he still couldn't muster up the courage to openly go to Xiao Chang'an to fool the generalissimo of the Fifth Army, and his own life was now in the hands of others.

But the conditions offered to him by the mysterious visitor were so tempting that Asmi decided to gamble with his own life and the fortune of the whole clan in the next hundred years, and he would be recorded in the history of Quze as a great man from now on, and then become a hero in legends and legends, and then a god in mythology.

If it fails......

Let the foolish Asmith die without a place to be buried,

After making up his mind, Asmith, the leader of the Quze Tribe, came to Xiaochang'an with his thirteen flowery daughters (righteous daughters), a thousand fat and strong oolong horses, and eighty carts of fur jewels under the escort of two thousand knights.

About six years ago, Yang Hao and the chief of Quzebu, who was still called Asermi at that time, met at the foot of Helan Mountain, and although the meeting was not long, they both left a good impression on each other.

Therefore, when Yang Hao saw the old man in front of him with a bloated body, a puffy face, and gray hair, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked: "Is the life on the grassland difficult, why is my Asmith so old." ”

Asmi smiled heartily: "The grassland is bitter, the fire of life of the children of the grassland is always so short, Asmi, as the patriarch, has to step up the burning of himself for the benefit of the tribe, so he is not old and decrepit, but the fire of life of the handsome man is burning more and more, and the days are becoming more and more prosperous, not only the style is the same, but also more youthful feelings,:

Asmi suddenly saluted Yang Hao respectfully and said, "Today is not the right time for me to come, and I apologize very much for disturbing the good things of the handsome." ”

Yang Hao was puzzled, and suddenly saw Dongfang Lan constantly snorting at himself, only then did he realize that his face was stained with Lu Rui's lip prints, he wiped his face with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Gaffe, gaffe." ”

Asmi said: "No, no, no, this blue sky and white day, the handsome man has such a state of mind, it can be seen that the days are moist, look at me Asmi, although I am a leader, what kind of life is it, I am exhausted, even my hair is boiled white." ”

Yang Hao said: "I know your current difficulties, but what can be done, you are surrounded by strong enemies, in the wolf's den, if you don't want to be eaten by wolves, you have to be vigilant at all times, so how can you not be exhausted, if you promise to move to the east of Helan Mountain, we can fight the enemy side by side, at that time, I promise you, Asmith, your youth will definitely come back." ”

Asmi stood up and saluted Yang Hao solemnly, and then said: "I believe in the kindness of the generalissimo, and I believe even more that your kindness will bring good weather to the Quze tribe, but, my generalissimo, the Quze people are the sons of the grassland, if he leaves the grassland and chooses farming, will he still be as strong as before." ”

Yang Hao smiled and said, "Does Asmi have any ideas?" ”

Asmi said: "Actually, I have a way to get the best of both worlds, I, Asmi is willing to take the elite of the tribe deep into the west of the river, seize the city and pasture from the hands of the Tubo, ask the generalissimo to support our grain, grass and ordnance, and the towns obtained will be dedicated to the generalissimo, as long as my people have grassland and horses." ”

Yang Hao asked with a smile: "Does Asmi think this trip will be sure?" ”

Asmi said: "The Uighurs have collapsed, and the Tibetans have seriously declined to the sun in the west, as long as the commander provides us with 10,000 people of ordnance and grain and grass to support us for three years, and has his back against the big tree of the great handsome, Asmi is confident that he will seize the land west of the river, and then I will be like you, the handsome, youthful and graceful, and do this elegant thing in broad daylight." ”

Yang Hao stared at Asmi's eyes and asked word by word: "Asmi still doesn't want to come to the east of Helan Mountain, or wants to go to the west of the river." ”

Asmi got up and said, "If the Great Shuai can persuade the Tang Emperor to allow us to enter the land of Hexi, the Quze tribe is willing to be a stone to explore the way and explore the reality of Hexi for the Great Shuai." ”

Yang Hao beckoned: "Asmi, please sit down, since you are so insistent, then I have to try again, but to be honest, you had better not have too much hope, since the Anshi Rebellion, the land of Hexi has fallen into the hands of the Tubo people, and the clothes of the Han family have been reduced to dust for many years, I am afraid that I have forgotten my identity, you are alone and deep, and the Tubo people are fighting for Hexi, isn't it as easy as grabbing meat from the mouth of a tiger." ”

Asmi said angrily: "As long as there is the edict of the Tang Emperor and the marshal as my backer, when my department enters Hexi, it will be able to get many old families of the Tang Dynasty to raise troops to echo, and it is not difficult to recover Hexi. ”

Yang Hao listened to this and nodded, praising Asmi's heroism, but he thought in his heart, what kind of medicine did this Asmi take today, and he vigorously pushed me to enter Hexi, even if the Tubo people were vulnerable and collapsed in an instant like the Uighur Khanate, with your small Quze Division, ten thousand people, what benefits can you get, the wolves compete for food, maybe you will be exterminated.

Asmi lowered his head to drink tea, a subtle sneer slipped into his eyes,

Fooling Yang Hao into sending troops into Hexi, this idea seems too ridiculous, but only an absurd idea can be deceptive enough to make Yang Hao unable to see through his true intentions for a while and buy valuable time for himself.

When my plan is carried out, it doesn't seem like it will be long before I don't have to bother with you, because by then, you're a dead man.

Thinking of this, a sly sneer appeared at the corner of Asmi's mouth,

He didn't pay attention to this inadvertent expression, but Yang Hao noticed it,

He chuckled in his heart: this Asmi didn't take the wrong medicine, he was calculating me,

Anyway, since you want to play, I'll accompany you to the end and see what kind of fame you have.

Yang Hao pretended to think deeply, and then said: "The matter of Chief Asmi's deliberations is very important, let me consider it again. ”

Asmi put down the tea bowl, got up and said: "Then I will wait for the good news, as long as the commander makes up his mind, Asmi swears to the sky, everything is only the head of the handsome, and there is no second heart." ”

Yang Hao said: "Are you willing to go to the soup and go to the fire?" ”

Asmi said: "Go to the soup and fight the fire, do not hesitate." ”

Yang Hao held his hand and said with a smile: "I feel Asmi's sincerity, and go back to rest and wait for my news." ”

……

Lu Rui sat until dusk, and then looked forward to Yang Hao's return, the room was dark, and she sat there with her hair disheveled, which startled Yang Hao, Yang Hao said angrily: "Why are you still here." ”

Lu Rui said lazily: "How can I go out to meet people like this." ”

Yang Hao listened to her softly, wiped her forehead with his hand, and exclaimed, "You have a fever." He picked her up and rushed to the door and shouted, "Dongfang, Dongfang, please ask Imperial Doctor Yu quickly." ”

When Wang Chun brought him here, he passed on Li Yan's dictation and said: "I know that you haven't studied for a few years and can't write a few words, Yu Chengwan can treat you and write a letter on your behalf, you have to respect him." ”

Yu Chengwan diagnosed the pulse, prescribed two decoctions, and was about to leave, Yang Hao chased him outside the door and asked him how his condition was, Yu Chengwan smiled and said: "The widow's illness is all frozen, and this day is not cold, I don't know why she is cold, she took the minister's decoction, and she can be fine when she sweats." ”

Yang Hao thanked him, turned around and stood in front of Lu Rui's sickbed, looked at her, and laughed out loud when he looked at it, the more he laughed, the more ruthless he became, and tears came out.

Lu Rui was angry and ashamed, her face was flushed, she covered her head, and refused to see Yang Hao again.

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