Within one night, Ge Qiu'er deliberately greeted her, and Ma Lu knew the taste of the marrow, and it turned out to be a few degrees with this little girl. Poor Kang Qingqing watched from the side, leaving or staying, but this situation happened many times. In the early morning of the next day, she turned out to be even more tired than Ma Lan and Ge Qiu'er.

Ge Qiu'er left satisfied, walking looked a little staggering, but her little face was full of smug smiles. Before leaving, he raised his chin proudly to Kang Qingqing, looking arrogant.

Her meaning is obvious, the general didn't touch this new girl once last night, and has always been entangled with her, which is naturally a big victory for her. This new loser deserves to be ridiculed.

Kang Qingqing has been influenced by the Central Plains culture since childhood, how can he not understand this? The little girl was so angry that her little face turned white, looking at the mountain-like sturdy ** man beside the bed, she wanted to walk over, but when she remembered the picture last night, she still didn't have the courage after all.

Ma Lan smiled, and it seemed that the little hedgehog was no longer so stinging. He concluded that if he broke his promise to assault her now, she would not be able to resist at all, let alone kill him at such a time.

Of course, a promise is a promise after all, and what she promised her, Ma Lan naturally did not violate it.

Kang Qingqing hesitated for a long time, glanced at Ma Lan with a strange expression, and finally chose to leave the room and go back to the small courtyard arranged for her by Gao Qianqian. Ma Xuan walked out of the room refreshed, and Gao Qianqian was already waiting outside the door.

Gao Qianqian looked at Ma Lan with a satisfied look, pursed her lips and wanted to say something, but after all, she was a girl, and some words were unspeakable after all, so she had to give Ma Lan a blank look and said, "Duan Junzi and they are ready to leave, let's go and send them." ”

"Well, good!" Ma Lan smiled and nodded, and suddenly stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Gao Qianqian, and kissed her lightly on her bright forehead.

Gao Qianqian let out a low snort, her little face turned red, and her body instantly softened.

The girls of a thousand years ago were really easier to cope with than the girls of later generations. Ma Ling was proud in his heart, and took Gao Qianqian to the outside of the grange.

The Yanqi Town athletes were already ready to go, Duan Xiushi and Du Huan were waiting there, and the middle-aged scribe in his thirties beside them was none other than Cen Shen, a staff member and great poet who came to serve yesterday.

Cen Shen is the great-grandson of Zhenguan Prime Minister Cen Wenwen, after the real eunuch, he is talented and talented, but he has been unambitious, and he only became a jinshi at the age of thirty. Tianbao has defected to the Gaoxianzhi shogunate for eight years, and has not been reused. This time, he switched to Ma Lu's disciple, naturally wanting to show his ambitions. Seeing Ma Xuan come out, Cen Shen immediately stepped forward and saluted, and took the initiative to ask to go to Yanqi with Duan Xiushi and Du Huan.

Ma Ling only knew the name of Cen Shen's poem, but he didn't know much about his talent, and he also wanted to see Cen Shen's ability to deal with mundane affairs, so he smiled and nodded in agreement. Duan Xiushi gave an order, and more than a thousand Yanqi Town athletes said goodbye to Ma Lu on the horse, and then went on the road to Yanqi Town, and went mightily.

It was when the ground was freezing and the weather was cold, and there was nothing to do in the farm, and the farmers were all at home, waiting for spring to come. Feng Changqing has already reported Ma Lan's merits to Chang'an, and the holy decree should come soon, and Ma Lan can only wait now. When there was nothing to do, Ma Lan asked Qibo to expand the scale of the blacksmith stove in the grange and began to build the farriers of the war horse by himself.

The invention of the farrier was significant in the history of cavalry, a new thing, not so much for the old blacksmiths in the Grange to make agricultural tools. Gao Qianqian keenly noticed the business opportunities inside, and immediately ordered someone to expand the blacksmith shop more than ten times, and found dozens of sturdy dealers to learn to build shoes with Ma Lan with the original old blacksmith. She herself went to the city of Qiuzi, and set up a shop in the iron shop, ready to sell this kind of thing on a large scale.

The war horses and camels brought back were driven to the Tiangu Valley by Ge Qiu'er and a group of farmers, and they grazing together with the original horses and sheep. The Turks under Ge Qiu'er's command were naturally good herders, so she naturally had no problem taking care of these war horses and camels.

As for Kang Qingqing, she built a small shrine in her own courtyard and led those little saints to worship together. Later, several of Ma Lan's Sogdian concubines were also pulled in by her, and they devoted themselves to serving the God of Light, although they still respected Ma Lan, but when they saw Ma Lan again, there was less longing in their eyes.

Such a change made Ma Lan a little disappointed. He hadn't touched the Sogdian concubines since he had returned, but the change in their attitudes still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

In mid-February, Feng Changqing's recital was still on the way, and the imperial court had already transmitted its will to Anxi.

This time's will was not aimed at Ma Lan, but the adjustment of Anxi's personnel by the imperial court after Gao Xianzhi entered the Hajj. When this decree was issued, Ma Lan also led thousands of Anxi athletes to cross the glacial valley at the southern foot of the Green Mountains, and the imperial court did not know his merits.

Everything is the same as the original historical record, the former Beiting Jiedu envoy and Beiting Protector Wang Zhengjian saw the main side of Anxi, and took over Gao Xianzhi as the Anxi Jiedu envoy and the deputy capital protector of Anxi, and the former Anxi deputy capital protector Cheng Qianli went to Beiting, and was promoted to the Beiting Jiedu envoy and Beiting Duhu. As for the Dadu Protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, it is still Shangshu Zuo Servant and Li Linfu, the Duke of the Jin Kingdom, who continues to lead it from afar.

The north court is close and Anxi is far away, and the lieutenant first went to Tingzhou to read the holy decree, and then came to Anxi with Wang Zhengjian. While Ma Lan knelt on the ground and listened to the Zhongguan read out the holy decree, he was also looking at the veteran of Beiting with his spare eyes, and saw that he really looked like he was in shape, and he did seem to have a hidden disease.

In the original history, Wang Zheng saw that the lord Anxi had no deeds, and died of illness a few months later. Now it seems that this old general is indeed dying soon.

Although he came from later generations, Ma Lu did not understand the way of medicine. He couldn't see what kind of illness Wang Zheng was seeing, so naturally he had no choice but to feel sorry for him in his heart.

When Wang Zhengjian was in the North Garden, he broke through the Broken Leaf City, where the Tuqi Shi Tooth Tent was located, and burned down the city established by the famous Anxi general Wang Fangyi decades ago, which can be regarded as quite a merit. The old general is now a little unstable in battle, and he can't stop coughing when he says two words, the wind and sand outside the plug have robbed him of all his vitality, and the twilight of his life is thick at this time.

After reading the decree in the Dadu Protectorate, Bian Lingcheng smiled and ordered the generals to get up, walked quickly to Ma Lan's side, grabbed Ma Lan and said with a smile: "Renjie, I heard on the road that you have made great achievements this time, which is really gratifying, and the feudal marquis will be just around the corner." I believe that there will be a will soon, and then Renjie will ascend to the sky in one step, and I am here to congratulate Renjie first. ”

In history, Bian Lingcheng was the bad guy who killed Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, but in the memory of the Guanzhong man Ma Lan, this Bian Lingcheng is also a capable person among the middle officials, and there is a problem of greed for money, but this is a common problem of middle officials. The officials have no descendants, they can't get close to women, and accumulating some wealth is the only pleasure.

Ma Lan still wanted to be the master of Anxi, so naturally he would not offend this guy, and he also said respectfully: "The work of the micro end, the angel praised it falsely." ”

"Renjie's great achievement this time is comparable to Ban Chao Chen Tang, and it is not much worse than Zhiwei and Huo, how can it be said that it is a small achievement?" Bian Lingcheng laughed and said, "Renjie, I dare to say that you will be able to make a marquis this time!" ”

"Why are angels so sure?" Cheng Qianli, who was standing on the side, suddenly interjected.

Bian Lingcheng's face was solemn, and he said: "Over the years, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government have been stingy with their titles, and it is indeed extremely cautious to be knighted with military merits, but this time is different from the past, Renjie's great achievements can be said to be just right, so the marquis is certain." ”

Seeing that all the generals looked at him with a confused expression, Bian Lingcheng was proud in his heart, but he sighed and said: "Last year, although my Datang made a slight breakthrough in Heyuan, it suffered three defeats in a row!" An Lushan attacked the Khitan, defeated in Tianmen Ridge, and 100,000 people were gone! Xianzhi cut down the big food, defeated by Talas, Xian Yu Zhongtong defeated Nanzhao, defeated Jiannan, and the whole army was wiped out only to be spared! In one year, the three festival envoys were all defeated, which was a tragedy that had not been seen in decades! ”

When everyone heard this, they all changed color. Anxi is far away from Chang'an, the news is closed, and An Lushan has heard of the failure of An Lushan's attack on the Khitan, but he didn't know that he was defeated so badly. As for Jiannan Jiedu's envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong also lost the battle, everyone was unheard of at all.

"These news are all from the palace, please remember not to talk nonsense, otherwise you will harm a certain family!" Bian Lingcheng lowered his voice.

Everyone nodded hurriedly.

Bian Lingcheng continued: "Three major defeats in one year, the Son of Heaven was furious, and the minister was panicked. The three Jiedu envoys are not Han generals, you should understand who is the most uncomfortable in the court at this time! ”

Li Siye smiled: "Who is the most uncomfortable? It must be the Duke of Jin Guo, the left servant shot Lord Li Linfu! ”

Li Siye is a rough man, and he really says what he thinks in his heart. Others understood it in their hearts, but no one said it.

Bian Lingcheng bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "Exactly!" Li Xiang strongly advocated the Han Saihu people as generals, and now that the three generals have suffered a crushing defeat, Li Xiang has naturally become the target of public criticism. Fortunately, the Son of Heaven still trusts Li Xiang, and Li Xiang reluctantly sat in his current position. ”

Ma Ling nodded with everyone, and Ling Cheng was so bold in his heart, such a Zang Wei character was open-mouthed, and he was an outlier among the lieutenants.

Bian Lingcheng looked at Ma Ling and said with a smile: "Of the three festival envoys, only Xianzhi is a small defeat. When this morale was depressed, Renjie returned safely from the river, and brought the head of the big cannibal general, which can be said to be a victory! What do you say Li Xiang will do when he learns the news? ”

How will it be done? Everyone naturally understood in their hearts, and when they looked at Ma Luan, they all had a trace of jealousy.

Ma Lan's contribution was really timely, and he sent a gift to Li Linfu in the whirlpool of government and politics, and Li Linfu didn't make good use of this gift to attack those political enemies.

The generals of Anxi all understood that although Ma Lu's credit had been reduced a lot, since it happened at such an extraordinary time, the value of this credit was too high. It seems that Ma Lan's feudal marquis is simply unstoppable.