In the back hall of the county guard's mansion, Pu Dingbo, who had just hurriedly come out of the living room, sat on the main seat, picked up the teacup casually, and drank a brick tea unique to Yanzhou.

"The taste is still poor, and there are a lot of tea leaves in Liangzhou, but after so many years, you should get used to it. ”

Pu Dingbo gently put down the ordinary teacup in his hand, which was a little too large and the shape pattern was not exquisite, and said with some emotion.

Since entering the office, he came here as an official, more than 20 years have passed, and most of his life has been spent on the land of Yanzhou, Liangzhou's hometown has not been back for too long, and now it only exists in his memory.

The brick tea he just drank was for the convenience of preservation and transportation, and the tea was steamed into the shape of bricks by a special method, so as to get the name, like Yanzhou, Youzhou, this kind of place, there is a general lack of vegetables, are mainly meat-based places, the people eat very greasy every day, and they need tea to relieve greasy and regulate their health, so Yanzhou has always had the saying that "it is better to have no meat for three days, not without tea for one day".

Shang Qingluo lowered his hand, raised his head and said: "Liangzhou is the center of the empire, and it is the place where the resources of the whole world converge, so it naturally has the best tea. ”

Transported all the way from the southernmost side, sold to You, Yan Erzhou's brick tea, mostly ordinary, can even be said to be second-class tea, really good tea, only in the origin of that kind of tea and Liangzhou, where the capital is located, can be found, there are several are only for the capital's dignitaries, even as the emperor's gift to reward officials, belongs to the royal family's special tribute, ordinary people just take how much silver can not buy a penny, smuggling this tribute tea, is a felony, Shang Qingluo still did not say a word, Yanzhou and Youzhou in Jiangzhou, Yongzhou In the eyes of these people, it has been a barbarian land since ancient times, even if it belongs to the same country now, many people still look down on each other in their bones, and they will never sell good tea here, because the other party will not and does not deserve to appreciate this thing.

Hearing Shang Qingluo's words, Pu Dingbo didn't care, just nodded and said, "Qingluo, you came here from Jiangzhou, I don't know if you're used to it." ”

Shang Qingluo saluted and replied honestly: "Although the food is very different from that of Jiangzhou's hometown, some of it is too greasy, well, a little rougher, but the lower officials are not here for enjoyment, and it is not a habit or a habit, as long as they can help the people here, even if they live up to what they have learned, they will also be appreciated by the imperial court." ”

"That's right, it's not because of the ideals in my heart that I left my hometown and came here. Pu Dingbo seemed to be touched by these sincere words, and the memories and dreams that he had never forgotten in the depths of his soul suddenly became a little excited.

But in the end, he is an old man who has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, in the past 20 years, starting from the low-level officials, all the way to the position of the county guard in charge of a county, naturally he is no longer the young man who wrote his joy and anger on his face back then, and quickly adjusted his mood and said: "Qingluo, are you very confused why my lord and I will hang that little prince directly over there?"

When Shang Qingluo heard this, he just wanted to ask directly, but he had been an official for so long, and he had learned to be smart, or he was a lot more sophisticated, so he just lowered his head and said, "Adults naturally have a reason for doing this." ”

Pu Dingbo leaned back on the chair behind him, grabbed the armrest and sighed: "The person who came is not good, do you know what kind of place Huangsha County is in Hedong County, Youzhou?"

Shang Qingluo, a scholar from Jiangzhou, didn't know where this bullshit Huangsha County was, so he directly said: "The student doesn't know, please ask the adult for advice." ”

For this newly sent Jiangzhou scholar from the imperial court, Pu Dingbo's patience has always been very good, and when he asked this, he had the heart to tell the other party well, so he explained directly and carefully: " Huangsha County, originally built by the imperial court in the middle of Youyan Erzhou for more than 20 years, was used to trade with strangers in the desert, but something happened later, in short, in the past 20 years, the imperial court has almost completely abandoned it, and now it is just surviving, barely being occupied by outsiders, this little prince's fief is set in that kind of sinister place, what do you think, what is the reason?"

Shang Qingluo is not a fool, at most he is a little pedantic, and now that everything is said about this, of course he is thorough at all, and he can't help but be surprised: "Someone in the court wants him to die?"

"Be cautious!" Pu Dingbo taught unceremoniously, "This kind of thing, you and I don't care about the people below, our duty is to guard this city and govern this Hulan County for the imperial court, and the rest, we shouldn't figure it out, don't think about it, understand?"

"Lord County Shou taught me a lesson, but I don't know what the prince came to us for?" Shang Qingluo was still a little puzzled, he didn't hear the conversation inside, and he didn't know that Gu Xuan actually came here without permission, which was actually considered to be a violation of the laws of the imperial court.

Pu Dingbo took another sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said casually: "He wants to borrow soldiers." ”

"Huh?"

Shang Qingluo's whole person was taken aback, and his face was full of surprise: "Borrowing troops? This little prince is not crazy, how can the border army guarding the city be easily mobilized, don't say that it is the county guard, you are the general Wanyan, I am afraid you can't afford this responsibility!"

If something goes wrong with Kanmeng'an, then the entire Hulan County will suffer, and after a point is broken, the losses and chain reactions caused are simply incalculable.

"No wonder you left him in the living room, then you shouldn't have informed General Wanyan. ”

Pu Dingbo didn't care about the rudeness in the other party's words at all, just raised his eyebrows, and scolded with a smile: "Where can I do it, how can I do things that offend people, my lord, just let Wanyan Keni's old bastard do it, my lord, I just asked my subordinates to explain the situation to Wanyan Lao, and suggested that he should avoid it directly." ”

Shang Qingluo said secretly, outsiders have rumored that you are very at odds with General Wanyan, it seems that rumors are rumors after all, looking at you like this, it is clear that you and General Wanyan should be old friends for many years.

"But if you spend him in the living room like this, won't this little prince be angry with you? Take a step back and say, what if he takes the initiative to go to the barracks?"

Pu Dingbo stretched out his hand and tore off a neatly placed milk in a small tray next to him, chewed it in his mouth twice, and the two mustaches trembled non-stop until he swallowed, and then he spoke: " Then let him be angry, we are doing our duty, no one can find fault, not to mention my guess is right, my lord, if he is right, he is now too busy to take care of himself, where can he have the ability to retaliate against us, now even if it is to give him a hint, if he is a smart person, he should retreat in the face of difficulties, if he breaks into the barracks, Wanyan Keni's old thing also has a way to send him away, it is impossible to borrow soldiers, it is impossible to use any reason, because you and I can't afford this responsibility, we who guard the frontier, don't ask for merit, but just ask for no fault。 ”

"Your Excellency. Shang Qingluo can be regarded as having learned a lesson, and has learned a lot of things that can't be learned from books, and this fart is really good at the moment.

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How the two of them discussed here will not be expressed for the time being, but in the meeting room of the county guard mansion on the other side, Gu Xuan and Jinglong, who were about to vomit after eating naan cakes in poor Huangsha County, could be regarded as having a full stomach this time.

Seeing Gu Xuan throw the last piece of lamb leg bone on the plate on the table, and then took the water-stained towel from the person waiting next to him, wiped it twice indiscriminately, and then waited until the subordinates of the county guard came to remove the things and retreated respectfully, Jinglong said dissatisfiedly to Gu Xuan.

"Lord, I think they just deliberately hung us here!"

Gu Xuan didn't care about this, but smiled and said, "Has Uncle Jinglong eaten enough?"

Jinglong said with an eager face: "Lord Wang, why are you still in the mood to ask such a question?"

"Of course I know that someone deliberately left us hanging here. Gu Xuan took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then continued, "This Pu Dingbo is not a famous 'stable county guard', and he will not take risks in everything, which is why the imperial court sent him to be the principal of this Kanmeng'an, so at the beginning, I actually thought about going directly to the military camp to find Yan Keni, but since I came by the way, I will give it a try, and I can just have a full meal, why not do it." ”

Jinglong was very puzzled and said: "But Lord Wang, we came here in advance, and Pu Dingbo already knew our thoughts, according to what you said, of course he will not agree, but he sent a message to Wan Yan Keni's side, and said hello, isn't it more difficult, if we go directly to Yan Keni, without Pu Dingbo next to persuade us, it is more likely to succeed!"

Martial arts are human, and their style of acting is completely different.

Gu Xuan said: "After all, I want to inform both sides, do you really think that this Pu Dingbo and Wan Yan Keni are as discordant as the rumors in the outside world? If they are really at odds, the imperial court will not let the two of them work together, and in the case that all the news is under his control, I am afraid that he wants to find an opportunity to pit Yan Keni, how can he take the initiative to report the news, and even if Yan Keni agrees, but the large-scale transfer of soldiers, can he hide from Pu Dingbo? You think he is a straw bag?"

Jinglong said: "Then what should I do now?"

Gu Xuan sighed and said helplessly: "I can only go to find Yan Keni first, no matter what I say now, Pu Dingbo won't listen to it, and it's a waste of tongue to stay here." ”

Gu Xuan knew that the other party must have misunderstood his identity again and made random conjectures, but this kind of thing is always difficult to explain to others, and with the other party's temperament, even if he is a powerful prince or prince, without the will of the imperial court, the other party will not rashly borrow troops, after all, in Pu Dingbo's eyes, nothing is more important than the safety of Kanmengan, he has been at the border for twenty years, and he doesn't mind staying for another twenty years, pleasing the promotion of the top, he has not considered it at all.