At the beginning of the prosperous era, often to the business first, every prosperous era is always the first trade to develop, this is the eternal truth, at this time the Tang Dynasty through the efforts of two generations of emperors, although has not yet achieved the state submission, the only scene of the dynasty of all countries, but in terms of commerce is already the Tang Dynasty, faintly has been the trade center of the whole world, this point from the streets and alleys of the Yumen Pass full of different clothes, speech and demeanor of all kinds of businessmen can see some clues, Rao is Li Zhen lived two generations, can be regarded as a well-informed person, but he is still shocked by the prosperity of Yumen Pass - although he knew that there were many people in the pass when he rode into the city before, but when Li Zhen walked on the street in plain clothes, he really felt the atmosphere of the World Exposition - not to mention those merchants with different faces, nor to speak those incomprehensible languages of various countries, just to say that most of the dazzling goods on the various stalls along the street were strange things that Li Zhen had never seen, was stunned to make Li Zhen feel dizzying, if it weren't for the fact that he had a private meeting with He Wanglong, the assassin of Guazhou, Li Zhen really wanted to wander around this market, even if he didn't buy it, he would be able to gain a lot of knowledge, wouldn't he? Not to mention Li Zhen, even Yan Shibai and Ying Da were all dazzled, and they only looked around, completely forgetting that they still had the responsibility to protect Li Zhen.

In fact, I can't complain about the gaffe of Li Zhen's master and servant, in fact, most of the people who came to Yumen Pass for the first time are like this, this man named He San who was sent by He Wanglong to lead the way is obviously in his heart, and he has always led the way in front of him without hurrying or slow, and he doesn't say anything at all, he just walks slowly with his head down, even if he occasionally answers the questions of Li Zhen and others, he is also concise and to the point, and he seems extremely sophisticated and calm.

Coming out of the town guard mansion located in the center of Yumen Pass, turning a few streets, He San led Li Zhen and his party into a remote alley, and turned around in the quiet alley for a while, only then did he arrive in front of an independent courtyard that was not too big, but saw He San stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the door three fast and three slow six times, the door opened silently, and a man dressed as a servant poked his head out of the door, only glanced at Li Zhen and others, and did not open his mouth to ask, but opened the door, but the person lowered his hand and retreated to the side.

"Your Highness, please inside, it is inconvenient for my lord to show up to greet him, and please let His Highness Haihan be one." He San didn't talk to the servant, but just turned around, saluted Li Zhen very respectfully, and said apologetically with a face full of apologies.

Uh-huh, what kind of trick is this He Lao'er playing, it's so mysterious, hey, it's really interesting! Li Zhen didn't care about He Wanglong's faux pas, nor was she worried about whether there was any ambush here, but the curiosity in her heart was hung up, she smiled slightly, didn't speak, just nodded, and strode into the courtyard. ”

"He Thorn Shi doesn't have to be so polite, this king has just arrived in Anxi, and He Thorn Shi needs to take care of it in the future." Li Zhen raised her hand with a smile and greeted very politely.

"How dare you, how dare you, if Your Highness has any send, the lower officials should serve themselves, Your Highness, please inside." He Wanglong had drunk a lot of wine before, but at this time, there was no trace of drunkenness on his face, and he waved his hand very respectfully, let Li Zhen into the hall of the second gate, and explained as he walked: "Your Highness, this courtyard is the mansion purchased by the lower officials a few years ago, and it has not been inhabited for a long time, so it is a little messy, please forgive me." ”

He Wanglong was the town guard of this Yumen Pass three years ago, and he was promoted to the Guazhou Thorn History because of his meritorious service in exterminating bandits, and there is nothing unusual about having an industry in this Yumen Pass, but if you say that you have not lived for a long time, it is nonsense, not to mention anything else, just a few trees and a few bushes of flowers and plants in the courtyard of the second gate are thinned very properly, obviously someone is taking care of them again, plus the hall is cleaned and spotless, obviously the people who live here are very diligent, by no means lazy, Li Zhen's vision is very sharp, I knew it in my heart, but I didn't break it, smiled, didn't answer, walked straight into the hall, sat down in the position of the guest of honor, looked at He Wanglong with a smile, and waited for him to open his mouth to explain the invitation.

He Wanglong didn't seem to intend to explain the matter immediately, picked up the tea bowl, and gestured to Li Zhen and said: "Your Highness has been in Beijing for a long time, and you have seen all the good tea, and the lower officials dare not treat each other with coarse tea, this bowl is one of the specialties of Yumen Pass, Your Highness might as well drink it and see if it can be combined?" ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen smiled and picked up the tea bowl, opened the lid to see, but saw that the bowl was not filled with tea, but an unknown liquid of yellow, orange and orange, as soon as the lid of the bowl was opened, a fragrance appeared, smelling in the nose, which immediately made Li Zhen's heart refreshed, and the original residual wine immediately dissipated without a trace, and tried to take a sip, a sweet taste suddenly went from the mouth to the henchman, and the whole body was comfortable.

"Good, good!" Li Zhen was already thirsty after drinking, and when he got this good drink, he drank it all unceremoniously, and said with a smile at the end: "Why bother with Shishi, what is this?" ”

"So that His Royal Highness will know that this is the fresh juice squeezed from the cantaloupe, a specialty of Guazhou, which has the effect of sobering up and nourishing the skin. He Wanglong was happy when he saw Li Zhen applauding, and he was busy beating the snake and saying on the stick.

Hami melon? Ha, dare to love this thing, hehe, freshly squeezed juice? Who said that the ancients were not fashionable, and the things of later generations dared to love now in this dynasty, hehe, interesting! Li Zhen was very happy when she heard this, but she didn't plan to accept He Wanglong's gift, so she laughed and said: "He Tingshi is polite, since it is a specialty of Guazhou, this king will go back and buy some on the road to use it, well, I don't know if this thing may be used by pregnant women?" ”

"Pregnant?" When He Wanglong heard this, he was stunned, and repeated unconsciously, opening his mouth and looking at Li Zhen, his face full of doubt.

"Hehe, the princess is happy, this king always has to take care of it, what does he think?" Li Zhen smiled, intentionally or unintentionally, revealed the princess's happiness to He Wanglong.

Li Shimin has a lot of sons, and there are many emperors and grandchildren, Li Zhen, the princess of the princess, has a joy, it is not a big deal, since it is not as swaggering as the prince, but considering that Li Zhen is brave enough to crown the three armies, the talent of the world, and the important minister of the feudal territory, after he has it, it is by no means comparable to other princes, once it is reported to the imperial court, the holy mountain must be a dragon face and a great joy, and the reward will be thick, this is the heart of the Tang officials all over the world, He Wanglong is no exception, At this time, seeing that Li Zhen informed himself of the news first, it was clear that he was planning to treat himself as a confidant, with a strong sense of wooing, this He Wanglong knew in his heart, but should he climb the big tree of Li Zhen, but He Wanglong was a little hesitant, after all, he had missed the team in the battle for the heir, and ended up in an embarrassed end, at this time, he really couldn't think about it more, and after hesitating for a while, he said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness, hehe, this cantaloupe is cold, It is okay for people who are angry to drink, but it is better for pregnant women to use less, and the lower official has another secret recipe for protecting the fetus, which is an ancestral secret recipe, and the lower official will send someone to His Royal Highness, and he will be able to keep the mother and child safe. ”

He Wanglong sent a fetal protection prescription, which does not mean that he intends to take refuge in Li Zhen, but there is such a meaning in and out of the words, Li Zhen, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, is clear in his heart, Li Zhen did not expect to accept He Wanglong so easily, at this time, he was obedient and listened, knowing that the old man in front of him must have other things to ask for him, but he was not very anxious, so he smiled and said: "Thank you He Tingshi for bothering, this king is grateful, hehe, if you can get the peace of mother and child, this king's wish is enough." ”

"Deserved, deserved." He Wanglong said with a smile, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, sat up straight and said: "Your Highness, the road to Jiaohe is far away, and it is difficult to travel in the Gobi Desert along the way. ”

Whirlwind Thieves? What is the purpose of this old man to bring up this bandit so carefully? Li Zhen had begun to infiltrate the Western Regions and the grasslands as early as the beginning of the "Rising Sun", and among the many caravans that traveled to and from the Western Regions, there were people and horses of the "Yanji Firm", and the "Rising Sun" personnel had already been mixed in the caravan, and the general situation of the entire Western Regions had been touched, and he knew all the large bandits rampant in the desert - the scale of the dozens or nearly 100 of the small bandits was not mentioned for the time being, and the large bandits in the land of Anxi had their own territorial divisions, and in terms of forces, the whirlwind thieves and fallen leaves in the Hami area; the Black Cavalry Army and the Xiaotian Battalion in the Turpan area; The Turkic wolf department in the Junggar region is one of the five largest forces, these thieves often launch raids on business travelers, but rarely attack the cities where the Tang army is stationed, most of these bandits are old thieves who have been rampant in the desert for many years, as for the whirlwind thieves, this bandit is only a small group of bandits with more than 100 horses, but in the past few years, it has suddenly risen, swallowed dozens of small bandits in the Hami region in one fell swoop, and then completely defeated the largest bandits in the Hami area in the Moon Canyon "Over the mountain wind", annexing the rest of the people, In one fell swoop, he became the overlord of the Hami region, with more than 3,000 bandits under his command, many of them, and acted ruthlessly, and the caravan has always been only robbing money and not hurting people's lives, but it is often a killer for the weaker governance of the Tang Army, because the Hami area is the junction of Guazhou and Anxi Protectorate, and the jurisdiction is in Anxi, but Anxi does not have enough strength to send troops to suppress thieves, and Guazhou, which has the strength to suppress thieves, cannot send troops because of lack of jurisdiction, and can only watch the whirlwind thieves mix up with each other. What's even more interesting is that this whirlwind thief only fights the Tang army in Guazhou, but never fights with the Tang army in Anxi.

For these bandits rampant in the desert, Li Zhen did not intend to ignore them, but planned to treat them separately, those who could be appeased would be appeased, and those who did not obey the order would be killed, as for how to fight, Li Zhen already had a corresponding general plan in his heart, in this plan, this whirlwind thief belongs to the object of appeasement, without him, just because the leader of this bandits, Liu Whirlwind, is a Han man, or a very young Han man, Li Zhen analyzed some sporadic information collected by the "Rising Sun", and came to a conclusion- Liu Whirlwind is a natural cavalry commander, good at guerrilla warfare, knows how to give full play to the mobility advantages of cavalry, can be regarded as a general, Li Zhen has the intention to take this person under the account, for the future pacification of Anxi, and even to launch a war of extermination against the Western Turks, at this time I heard He Wanglong so cautiously put forward the "whirlwind thieves", and the words vaguely revealed a strong hatred, I couldn't help but be a little curious, but Li Zhen didn't ask directly, just muttered and said: "This king has also heard of this group of bandits, but he is not familiar with it, Since He Tingshi talked about it, it would be good to explain it in detail for this king. ”

As soon as the whirlwind thief was mentioned, a trace of hatred flashed in He Wanglong's eyes, and his face was ** for a moment, and then he spoke: "Your Highness Mingjian, this bandit rose three years ago, originally it was just a small thief of more than 100 people, and its leader was Liu Dakui, the father of Liu Whirlwind, this Liu Dakui was murderous, bold, and dared to make trouble in the Yumen Pass where I was heavily armed, As a result, this thief gradually became bigger, so that the tail was too big to fall, and repeatedly harassed the peace of my Guazhou, the lower official was the Guazhou Thorn History, but he could only watch the bandits run rampant, plundering my state and county, the situation was really embarrassing, how could this thief have always been active in Hami, although the lower official has a heart, but also helpless this thief, ashamed, ashamed! ”

Heh, it turned out to be the revenge of killing his father, then it's no wonder that people are always thinking about you Guazhou, but this old man hates Liu Whirlwind so much, shouldn't it be just because Liu Whirlwind sends troops to harass him from time to time, hey, I'm afraid that there is another hidden truth here! Li Zhen knew that Liu Whirlwind was harassing Guazhou, but looking at the posture, it didn't look like he was going all out to kill Guazhou, but it seemed like he was deliberately adding a little blockage to He Wanglong - every time Liu Whirlwind beat the Tang Army's administrative office, he did not kill the Tang Army prisoners, but stripped these captives naked, painted ink on their faces, painted flowers on their backs, and then tied them with ropes, and sent them back to Yumen Pass by the passing merchants, which always made the Tang officers and soldiers in Guazhou angry, but they were helpless to take it, Li Zhen also felt that this thief behaved strangely when he got these materialsAt this time, I heard He Wanglong talk about the enmity between the two sides to kill his father, but he was not relieved by this, but he became more suspicious, but Li Zhencheng was deep, and he did not plan to ask He Wanglong directly, but planned to go back and let the "Rising Sun" investigate in detail, at this time, seeing He Wanglong's angry appearance, Li Zhen smiled and said: "He Tingshi wants this king to send troops to help?" ”

"Your Highness Mingjian, most of this Hami region belongs to Anxi, only about one-third belongs to Guazhou, if His Highness is willing to send troops, the lower officials should fully cooperate, so that this thief has no possibility of escaping!" Hearing Li Zhen's words reveal the meaning of sending troops to help, He Wanglong's eyes flashed with a gleam, he got up busily, and said very impassionedly.

He Wanglong is of great use to Li Zhen, although Li Zhen has the intention to co-opt Liu Whirlwind, but it is not necessary to co-opt, compared to a possible cavalry commander, He Wanglong is obviously much heavier in Li Zhen's mind, besides, Li Zhen has never seen the three thousand desert thieves as heavy - thieves are thieves, no matter how fierce the thieves are, they can never be compared with the elite of the Tang Army, three thousand men and horses seem to be a lot, but for Li Zhen, it is no different from the local chicken and tile dog, if it can be absorbed, it will be collected, and it cannot be destroyed, It is undoubtedly a very cost-effective thing to exchange such a useless thief for He Wanglong's refuge, the only doubt is whether He Wanglong will come over, Li Zhen doesn't want to go to great lengths to exterminate Liu Whirlwind, and when he looks back, He Wanglong doesn't admit it, so Li Zhen won't do it when he loses his wife and folds his soldiers, at this time, seeing He Wanglong's face full of excitement, Li Zhen's heart suddenly moved, pressed his hand, and said slowly: "He Tingshi, please sit down, this matter must be discussed in the long run, This king has not yet arrived, and even if he wants to send troops, he will not be able to do it for a while, so how about discussing it slowly? ”

What Li Zhen said is the truth, but the meaning inside is not so simple, the subtext is that it is okay to send troops, what do you He Wanglong take in exchange, this He Wanglong understands - don't look at He Wanglong is a military general, he may be able to mix with the position of assassin in the wrong team when he is on the wrong team, naturally he is not a fool, but the problem is that now there is a new prince in the capital, he He Wanglong really doesn't want to stand on the wrong side again, but he doesn't dare to guarantee that the prince in front of him who is most similar to Li Shimin will learn from Li Shimin in the future, and come too"The change of Xuanwu Gate", if Li Zhen is really offended, then in the future, he He family will not think about the slightest possibility of coming out, seeing that Li Zhen put on a posture of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, He Wanglong was really helpless, and after muttering for a long time, he bowed to Li Zhen and said: "Your Highness has an order, and the lower officials have nothing to do." ”

Well? Succumbed so quickly? Heh, wouldn't it? Li Zhen really didn't expect He Wanglong to make up his mind so quickly, but for a while, he was a little uneasy, and muttered that there was no interface - although the officials of this era made a promise, but the language may not be reliable, besides, now He Wanglong's words are only heard by Li Zhen alone, if he wants to change the hexagram in the future, Li Zhen will also take him helplessly, isn't it?

Li Zhen didn't speak, He Wanglong understood Li Zhen's concerns, and said with a long sigh: "Your Highness, the lower officials really have hidden feelings, and they have to listen." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen's heart moved, and he waved his hand with a smile and said: "There are no outsiders here, why not talk about it." ”

"Alas, the Xiaguan's family is unfortunate!" He Wanglong smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaguan has three sons and one daughter, the eldest son is weak and sickly, and he is not able to use much, the younger son is still in the age, the second son, alas, the second son is in Liu Whirlwind's army at this time, and the little girl of Xiaguan who is not a weapon is also among them, Xiaguan has no way to teach his son, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

Aha, that's right, I said, why does this Liu Whirlwind always have a hard time with your old son, dare to love is there this layer of pimples, hehe, there is a ** is that Liu Whirlwind and your baby daughter got along back then, you don't do it, try to kill all the father and son of the Liu family, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but well, it must have gone wrong, not only let Liu Whirlwind run away, but also abducted your old son and daughter, yes, this time it's a lot of fun, if you really let the insider ginseng go on a book, a crime of colluding with bandits will be pressed down, You don't have enough heads to cut off! Li Zhen is a shrewd person, He Wanglong's voice has just fallen, Li Zhen has already guessed the general situation, but this is a family matter of the He family, and it is related to He Wanglong's black gauze hat, Li Zhen will not break it, smiled and said: "He Tingshi don't have to worry, this matter will be handed over to this king to deal with, and it will not make He Tingshi embarrassed, but there is one thing that still needs He Tingshi's cooperation." ”

Hearing that Li Zhen accepted without hesitation, He Wanglong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Highness has something to order, and the officials will obey it as one." ”

"He Tingshi doesn't have to be so polite, this matter is related to whether Liu Whirlwind can be successfully suppressed, and then come over with his ears, this king will say to you." Li Zhen smiled and whispered softly in He Wanglong's ear, and He Wanglong kept nodding his head when he heard it, with a solemn look on his face......

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