"The last general commands." Xue Ju was stunned at first, but soon there was a burst of ecstasy, and after saluting Du Ruhui, he turned around and left.

"My lord, what's going on? Could it be that Xue Ju has completely taken refuge in the Metropolitan Governor? Doesn't that look like he's a human being? Shen Jin asked with some curiosity, he looked at Xue Ju's departing back, and looked at Du Ruhui with some disbelieving.

"Naturally, it's impossible, it's just a little weird in it." Du Ruhui thought for a while and said, "Don't care about anything else, order someone to keep an eye on Xue Ju's mansion first, and then I'll talk about it when I go to see Master Pei." "Although Du Ruhui is very smart, what kind of person is Pei Shiju, this old man is a living old fox, who has been tested by officialdom for a long time, some things may not be as good as Du Ruhui, but his grasp of people's hearts is far above Du Ruhui.

"Yes." Shen Jin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to monitor Xue Ju without mentioning it, but Du Ruhui hurriedly walked towards Pei's mansion, Du Ruhui felt that things were a little strict, if it was really as Xue Ju said, Li Xin, who was far away in the Western Regions, would be in some crisis.

Pei Shiju's mansion is not much away from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, in the end, he is old, and he is not the core figure of Li Xin, Pei Shiju is also very honest, and he also turns a blind eye to the affairs of the Western Regions, and most of the things are pushed to Du Ruhui, he doesn't want Li Xin to doubt himself. However, Li Xin and others still respect Pei Shiju very much.

"Master Pei. Students have important things to ask for. Du Ruhui looked a little flustered, it was a matter of Li Xin's life and death, the key was that he didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, what enemies were behind this matter, Du Ruhui might not be able to keep up with his own strategy.

"Keming, what's wrong?" Pei Shiju personally welcomed Du Ruhui in, and said with a smile: "Keming is the wisest person in the world, why does he look like this?" Could it be that something is going on? ”

"I'm afraid Li Liang is going to rebel in Liangzhou. He will cut off the grain of the Governor. Du Ruhui hurriedly told Xue Ju and Jinyiwei the information they had obtained, and looked at Pei Shiju with some concern.

"Kemingke is the governor of the capital, and the grain route has been cut off?" After Pei Shiju heard this, he couldn't help but stand up. Walking around the hall, touching his white beard, he shook his head and said, "If Keming wants to worry about the Metropolitan Governor, it is better to worry about Lanzhou!" ”

"Worried about Lanzhou?" Du Ruhui said with some surprise: "What's wrong with Lanzhou?" Could it be Xue Ju? Yes, Xue Ju is extremely brave, although Li Rail has a good reputation, but he is definitely not Xue Ju's opponent in martial arts, if Xue Ju wants to make a move on Li Rail, he can easily kill him in Lanzhou City, and he doesn't need to come to see me at all. Du Ruhui suddenly received the news. didn't think about it seriously, and was worried about Li Xin's safety, so he didn't think seriously for a while, but now after listening to Pei Shiju's words, he quickly thought of the problem here.

"Yes, Xue Ju is a person who looks at the wolf Gu and is unwilling to be subordinate, there used to be a metropolitan governor sitting in Lanzhou, and there were elite soldiers to protect him. So he didn't dare to make any moves, and now the governor led a large army to expedition to the Western Regions, so this was his chance, and it was also his last chance. If the guess is correct. At this time, Li Rail had already left Lanzhou, and the next step was for Li Rail to raise troops. Pei Shiju analyzed.

"It's all my fault, it's Du Ruyan who is incompetent and has betrayed the trust of the Grand Duke." Du Ruyan sighed.

"Xue Ju is treacherous. Keming doesn't have to take it to heart, the most important thing at the moment is how to solve this matter and keep the foundation of the Grand Duke. That's all that matters. Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "If Lanzhou is obtained by Xue Ju, the governor of the capital, even if the Western Regions is pacified, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Is the boss saying that Xue Ju's real target is Lanzhou?" Du Ruhui also calmed down at this time, and arched his hand and said: "It's just that our Western Regions Metropolitan Protector is the foundation, and after we lose Liangzhou and Lanzhou, as long as the Metropolitan Governor is there, we can start again." ”

"Keming, what do you think of the Grand Governor's expedition to the Western Regions this time?" Pei Shiju suddenly asked with a smile.

"Please speak up, my lord." Du Ruhui was silent for a while, looked at Pei Shiju and said.

"The Governor of Dadu is too anxious, his foundation in the northwest is unstable, so he thinks about conquering the Western Regions, and once there is a problem in the rear, his calculations for several years will be in vain. Just like today. Pei Shiju touched his beard, shook his head and said: "The land of the Western Regions is far away from the Central Plains, don't look at the countries in the Western Regions that are all subservient to the Central Plains, but there are not many people who really work for the Central Plains Dynasty." The Metropolitan Governor led a large army to these countries, which were ostensibly revered, but in fact, there were many secret calculations behind the scenes. However, I think that on the one hand, the Metropolitan Governor believes in your ability, and on the other hand, there may be a reason for it. ”

"The old man thinks that the Metropolitan Governor's expedition to the Western Regions will fail this time?" Du Ruhui frowned, from Lanzhou to the Western Regions, the road is long, and it is very difficult to transport grain and grass, if it fails, it is also possible.

"No, but it will definitely not occupy the entire Western Regions, because there are Turkic people, and the strength in the hands of the Grand Governor is not enough to compete with the entire Turkic people, unless he can get the entire Central Plains." Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "But it is still possible to occupy the entire Gaochang, I believe that the Metropolitan Governor is smart, and the Metropolitan Governor has already reflected it at this time." As for the grain and grass of the Grand Duke, does Keming think that the Grand Governor is a good person? Killing people and setting fire to the gold belt, the Metropolitan Governor will not abide by any benevolence and righteousness, and Li Liang thought that it was almost impossible to cut off the Metropolitan Governor's grain and grass. So, Kemin! What you should be worried about right now is things in Liangzhou and Lanzhou. But what about a tiger and a wolf eyeing the Northwest? ”

"Please teach me, the old man." Du Ruhui stood up and said respectfully to Pei Shiju. He secretly regretted in his heart, as Li Xin's henchman, the whole army of the expedition to the west took a vigilant and respectful attitude towards Pei Shiju. That's why this happens.

"Don't worry about the affairs of the Western Regions for the time being, the key is Lanzhou and Liangzhou." Pei Shiju analyzed: "For us, the enemy in the dark is more terrible than the enemy on the surface, Lanzhou and Liangzhou, Lanzhou is the foundation, Liangzhou is lonely, although the terrain is complicated, but the power of Liangzhou is weak, Li Rail is prestige in Liangzhou, if we rashly kill Li Rail, the Metropolitan Governor's rule in Liangzhou will definitely encounter difficulties in the future, but Lanzhou is different, the people are recognized by the Metropolitan Governor, and only a small number of people rebel against the Metropolitan Governor." ”

"The boss is clever." Du Ruhui's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "We are attacking Liangzhou on the surface, but we are actually attacking Lanzhou. Kill Xue Ju, my lord, what the lower official said makes sense. ”

"Yes, what Keming said is very true." Pei Shiju nodded and said, "Xue Ju has a good relationship with the Qiang people, so I'm afraid some of the personnel of Li Jing's army can't be transferred." ”

"Xue Ju is a brave person, if you want to kill him with a few people, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!" After listening to this, Du Ruhui said with a slight sigh. Li Jing's army can't be used, that is, only a small number of troops can be used, and whether it can resist Xue Ju's attack. Du Ruhui is not sure, and there are Li Xin's family members in Lanzhou City, so Du Ruhui has to be careful.

"It's very simple to deal with Xue Ju, he doesn't have many soldiers and horses, if there are many, he won't tell you the news of Li Rail's rebellion, that is, let you gather all the soldiers and horses to deal with Li Rail, causing Lanzhou to be empty. He was able to control Lanzhou with very few soldiers and horses, and even if Li Jing's army knew the news of Lanzhou, it would be too late. Pei Shiju said with a smile: "How many soldiers and horses does he have, or family soldiers." Or the soldiers of other families, they are all stragglers, Keming! Don't sue old man, you can't even deal with these stragglers. ”

"Stragglers can naturally handle it. However, Xia Guan heard that Xue Ju's father and son had the courage of ten thousand people. Du Ruhui said with a wry smile: "There are soldiers in the city, but there are no generals, especially fierce generals." ”

"The fierce general is in the city. Why didn't Keming find out? Pei Shiju glanced into the distance, that place was the direction of Li Xin's Governor's Mansion, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

Du Ruhui looked at the Dadu Governor's Mansion, his expression was stunned at first, and finally he seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help patting his head and said: "What the boss said is very true, Ke Ming has forgotten that there is a fierce general in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and it is rumored that the Dadu Governor is not his opponent." Boss, the next official will arrange it. By the way, my lord, the lower official wants to ask the two ladies to live in the boss's mansion for a while, and I also ask the boss to allow it. ”

"That's very good." Pei Shiju nodded, but he was sighing in his heart that Li Xin's luck was really good, when Xue Ju raised troops was not good, but at this time, if before, there were no famous generals and fierce generals in the city, Li Jing was afraid that he would have to deal with Liangzhou at that time, and the dragons in the city were leaderless, Xue Ju was really likely to succeed, but in the Dadu Governor's Mansion not far away, there was still a fierce general who lived there.

In the back house of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, a graceful figure was there with his head down and making an abacus, and only the crackling sound of the abacus came out in the whole room, and it was half a sound before I saw the woman raise her head, who was it not Li Zhiwan, among the three daughters, the eldest grandson Wujian stayed in Daxing, Yao Muxue was addicted to medical skills all day long, and the Gao family also went to Daxing, in the entire back house, only Li Zhiwan was maintaining the operation of the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

"Hey!" Li Zhiwan looked at the young man outside the window, the young man was wearing a brocade robe, and he was wielding a pair of sledgehammers.

"Xuanba, come and rest!" The huge Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is sparsely populated, Li Xin is not in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Zhiwan feels a lot lonely, fortunately Li Xin has a lot of properties, and Li Zhiwan also has to deal with Li Xin's industries, so that she doesn't have any boring feelings, and Li Xuanba's storage zài makes her heart more quiet.

"Oh!" Li Xuanba put down the sledgehammer in his hand and glanced into the distance, but saw Du Ruhui walking over under the leadership of two maids.

"Mr. Du." Li Zhiwan also saw Du Ruhui, greeted her curiously, and said, "Could it be that the Metropolitan Governor has news?" "In the end, there is a difference between men and women, although Du Ruhui is Li Xin's henchman, he rarely comes to the back house, today Du Ruhui came, Li Zhiwan thought that Li Xin had news for him to send it!

"Madam, the lower official came here to borrow someone from Madame." Du Ruhan smiled and looked at Li Xuanba not far away and said.

"Xuanba! Come. Li Zhiwan didn't ask why, but beckoned Li Xuanba and said, "Xuanba, from today onwards, you will follow Mr. Du's side and listen to Mr. Du's orders, how about it?" ”

"Okay." Li Xuanba said in a muffled voice without thinking about it.

"Please also ask Madame to move to Mr. Pei's mansion in the past few days." Du Ruhui thought about it and said. Pei Shiju has a high prestige in the northwest, no matter how rampant Xue Ju is, he does not dare to attack Pei Shiju's mansion, Li Zhiwan lives in Pei Shiju's mansion, and Du Ruhui can feel much more at ease. (To be continued......)