Ding Can glanced at Lu Jiayue.

The little girl was sitting on a wicker chair under the window with her personal maid talking, and she didn't pay attention to the movement here.

He waved his hand and said to Ah Li: "Let them go, don't pay attention to it." ”

After discussing it with Lu Mian again, he wanted to go out to explore the situation in Guiyang Mansion in person.

Lu Jiayue wanted to follow.

After all, it's the first time I've gone far away, and since I'm here, it's a pity not to wander around.

Ding Can agreed.

Lu Mian smiled and said, "If we go out together, if Lord Ding wants to go somewhere, I can guide Lord Ding." ”

So the three of them went out of the office together and went to the market in Guiyang Mansion.

In the area of Yunnan and Guizhou, people of all ethnic groups live together, and compared with Kyoto City, the customs and customs of Guiyang Mansion are a new scene for Lu Jiayue.

Along the way, Lu Jiayue laughed constantly.

And what really made her happy was that her father was by her side, and on the other side was Ding Can.

With them, she feels safe, she doesn't have to think about anything, she doesn't have to be afraid, she is carefree, she is free.

I wandered around the market until dark before returning to the office.

At night, Ding Can stayed in the office.

Lu Jiayue talked to her father Lu Mian for a long time before going back to sleep.

It was a very sweet night's sleep.

*

In the early morning of the next day, Ding Can was going out to Kunming Mansion, saying that he had official business to do, and he would not be able to come back in about ten days.

Lu Jiayue was a little unhappy.

I didn't eat much breakfast.

Ding Can is just a child, and she is not comfortable for a while when she is away from familiar people.

He smiled and said: "I heard that there is a Huangguoshu Waterfall here, the scenery is very good, when I come back, I will take you to have a look, okay?" ”

Lu Jiayue turned her anger into joy again.

So he counted his fingers every day, hoping that Ding Can would come back soon.

This situation fell in Lu Mian's eyes, and the doubts in his heart inevitably aggravated a little more.

*

Ding Can and Ah Li rode alone, galloped on horseback, and arrived at Kunming Mansion in just one day.

The Kunming General Soldier waited for the news and was already waiting outside the garrison office.

stretched his neck, but what he was waiting for was a young man with a gentle and handsome appearance.

Hou Bao is a military attaché, and in his eyes, he naturally thinks that people who practice martial arts are rough men like him.

He thought that Ding Can was a civil official who came to announce the decree.

It wasn't until Ding Can dismounted and stood in front of him with his hands in his hands, the momentum of his body that was not angry and self-assured, and the token of the Golden Feather Guard Commander in his hand, and the saber on his waist, all of which made him believe that the person in front of him was indeed the Jin Yuwei Commander from far away from Kyoto.

The Son of Heaven's confidants and close ministers, Hou Bao did not dare to be sloppy, and was busy clasping his fists and saluting respectfully.

Ding Can put away the token, and did not wait for the bail to be polite, and went to the garrison office, and asked as he walked: "How many guards are available in your military office now?" ”

Hou Bao hurriedly followed, and said: "Return to the commander, the military office is full of calculations, and there are always more than 2,000 guards available." ”

Ding Can glanced at him and said, "Do you know how many soldiers and slaves Da Tusi Mu Aza raises?" ”

Hou Bao was a little weak-hearted, lowered his head and replied: "About a thousand..."

Ding Can nodded, "Then do you think that with your two thousand, you can beat his thousand?" ”

Hou Bao's head lowered more and more, and he was almost pressed against his chest.

"Those men under Muaza are the most capable and brutal... If there is a real fight, I am only afraid of my two thousand people...", but he was unwilling to damage his prestige, and argued forcefully, "But now he just refuses to pay the court taxes, doesn't he necessarily really want to rebel against the court?" ”

I heard Ding Can laugh.

"It's a shame that you are also the chief soldier of a government, guarding the peace of one side, but you don't know how to take precautions, now that Mu Aza has shown his rebellion, could it be that you still have to wait for him to call your garrison office, and then go to quell the chaos?"

Ding Can's tone was calm, unhurried, and clearly did not mean the slightest oppression, but Hou Bao felt as uncomfortable as a thorn in his back.

I can't hold my head up anymore.

“... The subordinate officer listened to the commanding envoy's orders. ”

Ding Can didn't speak again, until he entered the office, sat down in the lobby, and motioned for Hou Bao to sit down on the side, and then said slowly: "In the past, those toasts were entrenched in Yungui for generations, and they occupied each territory, and the ancestors were used to being the emperor of the soil, and it was difficult to domesticate. Originally, the Mu family's great toast was quite loyal to the imperial court, but he didn't expect it to be uneasy now. ”

"The Holy God ordered me to come and investigate in person, because I learned that the Great Tusi Mu Aza seemed to be opposed, and if he really refused to surrender to him, the Holy Oracle ordered me to immediately kill him, and choose another obedient person to take over the position of the Great Tusi."

Hou Bao listened in a cold sweat.

Killing the Great Toast Mu Aza is easier said than done.

He knew that in the past, those big Tusi, who were appeased by the imperial court, only needed to pay a certain tax to the imperial court every year, and they could raise slaves in the territory, apportionment of forced labor, and also had the right to take life and death from the people in the territory.

In fact, to put it bluntly, he is still the emperor of the soil, as long as he is loyal to the court and does not act too out of line in the territory, the court will also open one eye and close one eye.

But Muaza is different.

He is violent, does whatever he wants, and is good at force, otherwise he would not have raised nearly a thousand soldiers and slaves.

Speaking of which, although Hou Bao himself is a chief soldier, the military attache of the fourth rank of the imperial court, when he sees Mu Aza, he will still feel weak.

Ding Can saw Hou Bao's thoughts in his eyes, but he didn't know, and ordered him to gather all the guards in the office first and stand by at any time.

Ding Can stayed in the yali of the Kunming Garrison Administration for two days and personally supervised the training of 2,000 guards.

The Yungui Political Secretary also sent news that Mu Azha had not yet paid his taxes.

On the third day, there were spies who reported that there seemed to be abnormal movements inside and outside the Datusi Mansion in Lijiang Mansion.

Ding Can ordered someone to send a waiting.

"Take your 2,000 guards and follow me to Lijiang Mansion."

Hou Bao did not dare to disobey, led 2,000 guards, and rushed to Lijiang Mansion with Ding Can.

Unexpectedly, I received a report from a spy on the way.

Mu Azar has rebelled, killed the prefect of Lijiang, and is now wantonly killing and plundering the people in the prefectures and counties near Lijiang.

After receiving the report, Hou Bao's face turned pale, and when he looked at Ding Can, he looked calm.

I can't help but secretly admire in my heart.

Sure enough, he is a confidant of the Son of Heaven, although he is young, he has such a mind, calm and sophisticated, and his joy and anger are invisible.

However, when he was about to rush to Lijiang Mansion, there was a spies who reported back.

Mu Azha left 500 soldiers and slaves to ransack the surrounding states and counties of Lijiang Prefecture, and he left Lijiang with 500 soldiers and slaves and went to Guiyang Mansion.

Ding Can's face suddenly changed greatly.

The Yungui Political Secretary Office is in Guiyang Mansion, and Mu Azha has already rebelled against the imperial court, so how can he let go of the Yungui Political Secretary Office when he goes to Guiyang Mansion?

The little girl is still in the office!

Ding Can hurriedly instructed Hou Bao: "Send five hundred guards to me, and you can take the rest to Lijiang Mansion, and be sure to clear the turmoil!" ”

*

All the way to gallop.

Ding Can couldn't wait to pour it out in an instant, so he rushed back to Guiyang Mansion.

However, with 500 garrisons, the march was inevitably a little slow.

Ding Can was anxious.

Several times I wanted to ride alone, and rushed back to Guiyang Mansion first, but was stopped by Ah Li.

How can one man resist five hundred soldiers?

Even if Ding Can rushed to Guiyang Mansion, it was useless...

When he finally arrived at Guiyang Mansion, he met Mu Azha and his five hundred soldiers and slaves outside the city.

The soldiers and slaves are capable and strong, and they are by no means comparable to the garrison defenders.

After a battle, more than half of the defenders were killed or wounded.

Although Mu Aza was violent by nature, he was brave and good at fighting, and dozens of soldiers and slaves surrounded him, Ding Can repeatedly confronted him, but failed to take his life.

I can't help but feel anxious like frying oil.

If these 500 soldiers and slaves were allowed to enter Guiyang City, the consequences would be unimaginable.

*

In the office of the Yungui Political Secretary, Lu Mian also received the news that Ding Can was fighting hard with Mu Azha outside the city.

There are only about 100 soldiers in the office, and it is okay to do some ordinary errands, go into battle to kill the enemy, but I am afraid that if I go, I will be sent to death.

Lu Mian was anxious to walk back and forth in the hall, but for a while, he couldn't think of a way to break the siege.

I saw the maid Xinzhu running in, and shouted to him with a frightened face: "Master, the young lady has gone out of the city to find Master Ding!" ”

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