In just over two months, I didn't come to the county seat, and the population of Jixian County has been reduced by half, the streets and alleys in the county have become a little empty, and the groups of beggars that used to be seen everywhere have disappeared.

Since most of the troops who participated in the Battle of Pyongyang were drawn from various armies, after the end of the war, these troops were to return to their previous stations, and their credit was to be collected by Ryogor and the military headquarters.

Zhang Xuan is from the Xiaoguo Army, his original station is in Jixian County, and when the war is over, he will naturally return to Jixian County.

But what Zhang Xuan didn't expect was that the Xiaoguo army stationed in Jixian County had withdrawn to Luoyang half a month ago, and the military camp where it was stationed was gone, but the Xiaoguo army left a temporary military office in Jixian County, which was specifically responsible for receiving their troops withdrawn from Liaodong.

The temporary military office of the Xiaoguo Army is located next to the north gate of Jixian County, and you can see it when you enter the city.

At this time, it was already afternoon, they urged the horse into the county seat, and at a glance they saw the military office, rented a house of a large family, and the roof was planted with the flag of the Xiaoguo army, but they saw that several officials had locked the door, and were talking and laughing and preparing to leave, Zhang Xuan was in a hurry, and shouted from afar: "Please wait!" ”

He urged his horse to gallop forward and blocked several officials in their way, "Everyone, please wait a moment! ”

Because Zhang Xuan has been in the Xiaoguo Army for a short time, he has not been in the Xiaoguo Army for a long time, and these officials don't know him, they look at each other and ask, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Xuan hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Zhang Xuan, he was originally a martial and brave general of the Xiaoguo Army, who had just returned from Liaodong, and the soldiers were waiting outside the city, I hope you can arrange a barracks." ”

Although several officials have not seen Zhang Xuan, they have heard of the name Zhang Xuan, and it can be said that it is like thunder, the person that General Yuwen hates the most, these officials are afraid of being held accountable by Yuwenshu, where do they dare to arrange Zhang Xuan.

The leading official laughed dryly and said: "It turned out to be General Zhang, and I have admired it for a long time, but now the camp near Jixian County is very tense, and there is really no empty camp." Why don't we provide some tents, General Zhang—"

Zhang Xuan was really not very happy in his heart, they rushed back from Liaodong with great difficulty, and they didn't even have a barracks. The soldiers were exhausted and had to camp on their own, and these officials were a bit too deceitful.

He couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart, and at this moment, someone in the distance shouted to him: "General Zhang! ”

Jang Hyun turned his head. I saw an official running towards this side out of breath, and Zhang Xuan immediately recognized him as Cui Li, who had joined the army in Cangcao in the past.

Zhang Xuan had two people in the army in the past, one was Liu Ling, who joined the army, and the other was Cui Li, who joined the army of Cangcao, but neither of them went to Liaodong with him, Liu Ling was a native of Luoyang, because his mother died, he went home to mourn, and Cui Li was unwilling to go to Liaodong to die. He had another favor in the officialdom of Zhuo County, so he stayed in Zhuo County.

After a moment, Cui Li rushed forward and smiled at everyone: "Everyone, please!" General Zhang, I'll arrange it. ”

The officials were eager to throw away Zhang Xuan, and they all saluted Cui Li, and left with a smile, Cui Li saw them go away, so he smiled and said: "I have prepared the general's barracks, it is in the north of the city, I will take the general over." ”

"Wait a minute!"

Jang Hyun stopped him. smiled: "I appreciate Cui Senjun's kindness, but Cui Senjun has to tell me, who arranged the camp for me?" ”

Cui Li said apologetically: "I was so anxious that I forgot to tell the general." It was arranged by Guo Dudu, and it had already been arranged for the general. ”

It turned out to be Guo Xuan, Zhang Xuan was suddenly surprised, but how could Guo Xuan think of arranging a camp for himself, did he want to include himself under his command?

It is very likely that Laihu'er told him when he left Liaodong. Their army is only temporarily returning to the original team, and they will make other arrangements after the court rewards them for their meritorious deeds, and many generals will compete for them at that time, and this Guo Xuan must have heard the news.

And Zhang Xuan also knew a more important reason, half of his army turned out to be the archers subordinate to Guo Xuan, and Guo Xuan certainly hoped that they could go back.

Zhang Xuan is not disgusted with Guo Xuan, at least it is much better than the indifferent Xiaoguo Army officials just now, and he can arrange a military camp for them as soon as possible, based on this, he has to accept this favor.

Zhang Xuan asked the location of the military camp, and asked a few accompanying soldiers to notify his subordinates to enter the military camp first, and then he smiled at Cui Li and said: "Let Cui join the army bother, let's go and have a look!" ”

"You're welcome, please come with me."

Although Cui Li used to be Zhang Xuan's subordinate, he is now Guo Xuan's secretary to join the army, that is, a confidential secretary, and his status in the Governor's Mansion is quite high, and his attitude towards Zhang Xuan is naturally not as respectful as before, but very polite.

"The general doesn't have to be angry with those officials, they are very good to the other troops who came back from Liaodong, because of General Yuwen, so they can't be too enthusiastic about the general, and the general should understand their difficulties."

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Their difficulties have nothing to do with me, and I don't want to spend this god." ”

Cui Li touched a soft nail, he smiled awkwardly, then he remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Deputy Governor Luo went to Beiping County yesterday, and left a letter before leaving, asking Governor Guo to forward it to the general, the letter is in my room, I will send it to the general later." ”

Zhang Xuan is a little strange, Luo Yi actually left a letter for himself and asked Guo Xuan to pass it on to him, what is the reason?

Zhang Xuan understood in his mind that this should involve the open and secret struggle between Luo Yi and Guo Xuan, although the letter was reserved for himself, but the content was for Guo Xuan.

Zhang Xuan has no interest in Luo Yi's letter, but he is very concerned about Luo Cheng's situation, since Luo Yi is not in Youzhou, what if Luo Cheng is not there? He smiled and asked, "Is Young Master Luo in Jixian County?" ”

"He rushed to Xiangyang with his mother a few days ago, and heard that Deputy Governor Luo's father was seriously ill."

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan felt a little regretful in his heart, nodded and said, "I hope Old Man Luo can be safe." ”

"Guo Dudu also hopes that the old general will be safe."

Zhang Xuan glanced at this person who must be called Guo Dudu, smiled, and did not say anything more.

At this time, Cui Li sighed again and said: "I heard that the imperial examination is going to be advanced, but I am not prepared, and I don't know if there is any hope this year, but I hope God will bless me and let me be on the list." ”

"Does Cui join the army and want to participate in the imperial examination?"

"Exactly! I haven't been successful for three consecutive years, and if I can't get it again this time, I will have no status in my family at all, and General Zhang doesn't understand the importance of the imperial examination to us scholars. ”

"Of course I can understand, I wish Cui to join the army in high school this year!"

"Thank you, General, for your kind words."

After a while, the two arrived at the barracks, which was less than two hundred steps away from the resting place of Zhang Xuan's men. Sixteen hundred soldiers had already entered the barracks, and the barracks was full of laughter and laughter.

The barracks are brick and tiled, and they are very sturdy. Covering an area of hundreds of acres, there is a large training ground, surrounded by walls, a total of 20 rows of more than 500 rooms, warehouses, stables, armory rooms and so on.

There was plenty of sunshine inside the barracks. Warm and dry, it is indeed a good military camp, it is said to be the former Youzhou Governor Yuan Hongsi personal army station, after Yuan Hongsi was transferred, this military camp has been empty, until today Zhang Xuan and they are stationed.

Zhang Xuan's room is located in the last row, there is a single courtyard, on both sides of the courtyard are the staff room and the clerical room, and in the middle is his official room, Cui Li rushed back to get a letter from Zhang Xuan. Jang Hyun walked into his yard, where several soldiers were packing up his belongings, and he had no staff, so the staff room became a temporary place to put his belongings.

Zhang Xuan saw two soldiers carrying his bookcase into the staff room, and hurriedly stopped, "Don't put the bookcase there, put it in my bedroom." ”

The two soldiers scratched their heads, their expressions were a little weird, and Zhang Xuan was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”

A soldier stepped forward and whispered a few words to him. Zhang Xuan was stunned, he turned around and walked towards his bedroom, there was actually a woman in his bedroom, which was worth it.

The void of the dormitory is hidden. There was a sound from inside, as if he was sorting out his clothes, Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly jumped, and at first he thought that Cui Li was deliberately arranging a ** or something like that in his room.

This made him very angry, this is a military camp, how can there be a ** in the military camp. But after thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible, Cui Li was a child of a family after all, and he was not so vulgar.

There are not many women who have a relationship with him, is it Xin Yu or Lu Qing? It is estimated that Lu Qing is unlikely, how could the daughter of the family run to his bedroom without authorization, but Xin Yu is the most likely, that little lady has always done her own thing, is her mother sick?

The soldier also said that the woman in the room was not very old, and she was a young lady.

Jang Hyun's heart was full of anticipation, he took a deep breath and stepped forward to push the door open.

The room is very spacious, but there are no furnishings, it seems empty, only a big bed with a curtain hanging, I saw a girl kneeling on the bed to pack up her clothes, humming a little song in her mouth, she was wearing a light green half-sleeved skirt, her hair combed two double screws, looking at her from the back, she looked a little round and jade, and her skin was fair, obviously not Xin Yu.

Zhang Xuan was extremely disappointed in her heart, coughed heavily, the girl jumped up like a rabbit in fright, and when she turned around, she saw that it was Zhang Xuan coming in, she quickly stepped aside and lowered her head in a panic.

"How are you!"

Zhang Xuan recognized this girl, one of the four little maids beside Luo Cheng, who had also served him for more than half a month, called Ah Yuan.

"What are you doing here!" Zhang Xuan frowned, a little unhappy and asked.

Ah Yuan didn't want to serve Zhang Xuan, but at this time she heard the disgust in Zhang Xuan's tone, and her heart was even more aggrieved, her mouth pouted, and tears rolled down, she knelt on the ground on her knees, and was so aggrieved that she almost cried.

Zhang Xuan saw her crying, and also felt that his tone was a little too blunt, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, this little girl served herself very well at the beginning, and she really shouldn't be so cold to her.

Zhang Xuan stepped forward and squatted in front of her and smiled: "Why are you crying?" ”

Ah Yuan heard his tone become gentle, and his heart became even more aggrieved, and he sobbed and said: "People didn't want to come, but they were forced to come, if the son doesn't like it, I'll go back!" ”

Zhang Xuan gently pulled her and wanted her to stand up, but the little girl twisted her body and refused to get up, Zhang Xuan was suddenly surprised: "Hurry up, there is a big centipede on your leg!" ”

Ah Yuan screamed in fright, jumped up, looked left and right in a panic, but there were no centipedes, and saw Zhang Xuan couldn't help laughing, she knew that she had been fooled, she was angry and annoyed in her heart, so she simply lay on the wall and cried.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help pinching her bun, which was his favorite thing to do when he lived in Luo Cheng's mansion, and said with a smile: "I don't dislike it, of course I'm very happy to see the former Xiao Ayuan again." ”

"Then why were you so fierce to people just now?" Ah Yuan's crying gradually stopped, and he asked with a sob.

"I thought it was another girl in the room, but it turned out that it wasn't, so I was a little disappointed."

"Who do you think it is?" Ah Yuan's gossip heart was uplifted, and he couldn't help but ask with red eyes. (To be continued.) )