Dingbei Town, the northern frontier of the Holy Land, has been a prosperous and lonely place for several times. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info天籁novel.23txt. Once the holy beast two domains of trade must pass through, prosperous and prosperous, but later after the rebellion of Lan Shixun, Dingbei Town became the first border city to suffer after the mutiny, and later the holy domain army successfully quelled the rebellion, but the emperor Yan Chong had lingering palpitations about the beast domain, so he strictly banned the business of seven or eight tenths of the two domains of the holy beast, Dingbei Town first suffered from the military rebellion, and then was bound by the emperor's order, and all industries have been in ruinsEven the people living in Dingbei Town have moved away more than half, and the rest are some old and weak women and children, and there is a lazy and decadent wind up and down Dingbei Town.

In the evening, seven or eight ragged northern border guards staggered down the deserted streets, several of them staggering and their faces flushed, and two of them holding two large jars of fragrant liquor in their arms. Among them was a bearded fifty-year-old man, crooked in his official hat with a scimitar stuck in his waist, holding his baggy pants with both hands as he walked, and from time to time casually spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm to the side of the road, which was extremely sloppy. Don't look at this person's unsightly appearance and obscene temperament, in fact, his current identity should not be underestimated, the banner owner of the dignified Northern Frontier Guard Mansion, Liu Tang. When Xi Chen was in power, Liu Tang was just an inconspicuous northern border guard who ate and drank, but after Xi Chen and most of the people in the border guard mansion encountered an accident, the new governor of northern Xinjiang was unfamiliar with the place, so he had to reuse Liu Tang, who was extremely familiar with the ground in northern Xinjiang, and Liu Tang naturally became the banner master of the border guard mansion in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven. Many times Liu Tang himself said that he had taken the **** luck, and he thought that he would be so mediocre in this life, but he didn't expect that the old man would turn into a phoenix.

"Uncle Tang, go back at night and bet with the brothers?" "Following Liu Tang is a long thief eyebrows and rat-eyed northern border guard, named Liu Er in his twenties, and Liu Tang is the uncle and nephew of the family, originally a second stunned person in the market, after Liu Tang ascended to the throne, he also followed the chicken dog to heaven and entered the border guard mansion to seek a northern border guard, and he always followed Liu Tang around him to flatter on weekdays, and he was a complete pug. But seeing Liu Er smiling, he came up and said to Liu Tang: "Uncle Tang, are you still happy to drink this wine today?"

"Second son, how many times have I reminded you?" Liu Tang's eyes widened, and he scolded in a broken voice, "Did I take you to drink? I took you to patrol the streets! Don't forget what you eat!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Although Liu Er promised on his lips, his tone was still joking, "We are following Uncle Tang to patrol the streets, we are the northern border guards, and we have to maintain law and order in Dingbei Town and Northern Xinjiang." Hey hey ......"

"Uncle Tang, I don't understand, you said that there are only three or five old, weak, sick and disabled families in Dingbei Town today, and the streets are empty every day, what can you do? Why does the governor still let us patrol the streets every day?" Another northern border guard burped and asked puzzledly.

"You young people are just too lazy, let me ask you if you can take it every month when it comes to the silver?" Liu Tang said, "Take people's money to eliminate disasters for others, you have to listen to the governor's words and do whatever you want with your military salary, not to mention that there are still many people in the town, even if there is no one in the town, the governor asks you to patrol the streets, you have to come to patrol." ”

"But this doesn't mean anything at all, I feel bored......

"!" Before Liu Er finished speaking, Liu Tang raised his hand and knocked on Liu Er's head fiercely, and scolded, "I'm bored, I think you kid can only be energetic when he sees women, and he can't do it enough! You still think that you are the ruffian scoundrel you used to be? You are now a northern border guard, and you are a serious official." ”

"In the past, when Dingbei Town was prosperous, I often saw the banner owner of the Border Guard Mansion take his men to eat and drink in major restaurants, and often went to the Qinglou to hug women for the night, and never had to spend money, at that time I was envious of the errand boys. Why is it my turn to be an errand now, there are not many inns and restaurants left in this huge Dingbei Town, and even the only two green buildings have been sealed by the governor, and this errand is too bitter. Liu Er said aggrievedly, "I originally wanted to have a good time, but I ended up carrying a knife around the street all day long, and I didn't know what the use of carrying a knife was when I didn't do anything every day." ”

"The governor doesn't like women, and he doesn't like his subordinates to go to the Qinglou to find women, so it's good that he didn't close the tavern in the town. The north lineman next to him interjected again.

"I think I'm living a good life now, with food, drink and money. Liu Tang smiled contentedly, "You don't know that when I followed Tan Siye on an errand before, there was something going on in the town every day, and at that time, I had to use knives every three or five days, and I was fighting and killing every day, so how can you be comfortable now." Liu Tang said and raised his foot and kicked hard on Liu Er's buttocks, who was full of unconvinced faces, and scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu is still taking you bastard out to drink, what is there to be dissatisfied! Hurry back and take out the broken silver and gamble two handfuls tonight!" As soon as they heard Liu Tang's words, everyone suddenly became interested, and they hugged Liu Tang with great interest and walked quickly towards the direction of the Border Guard Mansion.

Just when Liu Tang led people to turn a street excitedly, there was a person standing abruptly in the middle of the empty street in front of him, this person was dressed in black, wearing a hat, which made people unable to see his appearance, but his body was standing as straight as a gun, at this moment the sky had completely darkened, and a person with such suspicious behavior suddenly appeared on the empty street, which immediately attracted the attention of Liu Tang and several people.

"Hey!" Liu Er immediately shouted when he saw this, "Who is the person in front?"

The north guard next to him leaned into Liu Tang's ear, who was full of doubts, and whispered: "Uncle Tang, we haven't seen this person in the town before, and he looks very raw." ”

Liu Tang nodded silently slightly, and then walked up to the man in black with Liu Er and a group of northern border guards, Liu Er stretched out his hand and pointed at the man in black, and said, "What did Lao Tzu ask you to say? Are you deaf?"

"A few officials, I want to ask you something!" The man in black suddenly opened his mouth, his voice sounded a little old, obviously this person was not young.

"Inquiring?" Liu Tang muttered, "From out of town?"

"Yes. The man in black replied, "I'm not familiar with this place when I'm a newcomer. ”

"Take off the hat and let me see!" Liu Tang stretched out his hand and pointed to the big hat on the head of the man in black, "The northern Xinjiang has not been peaceful recently, I have to see if you are a key criminal pursued by the government first!" The man in black seemed to chuckle when he heard this, and then took off the hat on his head to reveal an old but energetic face, which was Su Xie's henchman, the black robe.

Liu Tang nodded towards Liu Er, Liu Er nodded knowingly and led three people to surround the black robe, Liu Er said: "Don't move, Lao Tzu will search your body first!" After that, Liu Er raised his hand and wanted to touch the black robe's body, but the black robe took the first step and grabbed Liu Er's wrist, and the strength was so great that it was difficult for Liu Er to break free and move for half a minute. Seeing this, the surrounding northern border guards suddenly changed their faces, and then they all drew their scimitars and surrounded the black robes in the middle.

"Let go!" Liu Er shouted like a pig, "Hurry up and spread it for Lao Tzu, you dare to resist the official ......"

"Don't misunderstand, old man, I'm old, it's really embarrassing for you to search my body like this, and I hope the officials will understand. Saying that, the black robe had gently pushed Liu Er away, and then reached out and took out a bulging money bag from his arms and stuffed it directly into Liu Tang's arms, who was about to draw a knife.

"What the fuck ......"

"Second son!" Liu Tang is an old fritter, he stretched out his hand and measured it to know that the amount of money in this bag was not small, so he directly stopped Liu Er, who wanted to do it, with a wave of his hand, and said to the black robe with a smile: "I don't think the old man looks like a wanted criminal by the government, so there is no need to search his body." ”

"Master Xie!" the black robe smiled lightly, "I still want to ask a few officials for a ......"

"Just say!" Liu Tang happily agreed, as the so-called short-handed manpower, since Liu Tang accepted the silver shell given by others, he naturally spoke a lot more politely, "Where do you want to go?"

"Northern Frontier Guard Mansion!"

As soon as the black robe said this, Liu Tang's face, which was originally full of smiles, changed suddenly, and then stared at the black robe with cautious eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing in the Border Guard Mansion?"

"Find someone!" said the black robe.

"Who?"

"Su Shiyuan!" the black robe said casually, but these three words were like hearing a thunderbolt in the ears of Liu Tang and the others, and everyone was shocked. Liu Tang looked at the black robe with a strange look in his eyes, and asked, "What are you looking for our governor?" Su Shiyuan is the name of the current governor of the Northern Frontier Guard Mansion.

"I am a distant relative of him, and I happen to be passing through Dingbei Town, so I want to visit him. The black robe smiled, "Can a few officials show the way to the old man?"

"Are you a distant relative of the Governor?" Liu Tang asked suspiciously, "I heard that our Governor has never had any relatives, is your distant relative really fake?"

"Isn't it true that you will know when you see Su Shiyuan?" said the black robe, "And why should I, an old man, lie to you?" Besides, did Su Shiyuan personally tell you that he had no relatives?" The face of the black robe was sincere and solemn, not like he was joking at all.

Hearing the words of the black robe, Liu Tang and Liu Er glanced at each other, and after hesitating for a moment, Liu Tang suddenly stuffed the money bag in his hand back into the black robe's hand, and his face was suddenly replaced with a flattering smile, and he hurriedly said: "Just now we just interrogated according to the routine, how can we ask for the old man's money?" The black robe smiled slightly, and threw the money bag to Liu Tang with his backhand, and said: "This is the wine money for several officials, I won't tell the governor." There are a few military masters to show the way for the old man!"

"This ...... Ha ha...... Just now, it was really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family didn't recognize the family. I'll take you to the Governor. The governor must be very happy to know that relatives are coming to visit!" Liu Tang took the money and was in a good mood, and personally led the black robe in the direction of the Border Guard Mansion, while Liu Er and the others followed behind with excitement on their faces.

At this moment, there is still a lamp in the study of the Northern Frontier Guard Mansion, and a man in his fifties is sitting behind the bookcase and writing official documents under the candlelight. The man has a white and tender square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a wide mouth, two locks of beard neatly groomed, and an elegant scholarly appearance. The man wears a dark blue brocade robe, embroidered with a lifelike python, the neckline and cuffs are embroidered with gold thread with flowers, and the purple gauze open shirt is extraordinarily elegant. There is an air of elegance between his gestures, and he must have been a handsome scholar with a good demeanor when he was young. He is the new governor of Northern Xinjiang after Xi Chen, Su Shiyuan.

Su Shiyuan was originally the lord of the four cities of Dongfu, and he had followed the Shengdong King Yan for more than 20 years, and he was conscientious and conscientious for the officials, and his talents were quick and reliable. After the King of Shengdong was downtrodden because of annoying the emperor, Su Shiyuan should have been implicated, but the emperor Yanchong was well versed in the way of employing people, and instead of punishing Su Shiyuan, he also retained his official position because of his appreciation of his ability, and soon after he promoted Su Shiyuan to the governor of northern Xinjiang, in charge of civil affairs in the northern part of the holy region. Su Shiyuan was grateful to Yan Chong, so after entering the northern Xinjiang, he was even more indignant, and the decaying northern Xinjiang was governed in an orderly manner, although it was not prosperous but more peaceful than back then, at least in the past few years when Su Shiyuan was in charge of northern Xinjiang, northern Xinjiang has been peaceful and has not caused any more turmoil. Now speaking of which, he can be regarded as a confidant of the emperor.

The biggest characteristic of Su Shiyuan is that he is alone without relatives and without reason, his parents died when he was a child, and when he grew up, he became a family affair, but it didn't take long for the woman to leave him, the reason is simple, just because Su Shiyuan has suffered from hidden diseases since he was a child, although he is a seven-foot man, but he can't do the way of men and women, which is also the fundamental reason why Su Shiyuan hates women more and more when he gets older. Because Su Shiyuan suffers from a hidden disease, he still has no children under his knees, but Su Shiyuan is powerful and has a filial piety that wants to continue the lifeline of incense for the Su family, so although he can't give birth to an heir, he adopted a righteous son more than ten years ago and regarded it as his own, and even tried his best to send this righteous son to the largest Holy Soul Academy in the Holy Realm to practice, in order to one day he can get ahead and shine for the Su family.

"Bang, bang!"

A knock on the door suddenly interrupted Su Shiyuan's train of thought, he put down the brush in his hand, looked up and asked, "Come in!" The words fell, the door was slowly pushed open, and then I saw Liu Tang, who was smiling, slowly walking into the study with a strange black robe. Su Shiyuan looked at Liu Tang and the black robe suspiciously, and said, "Liu Tang, what is the matter with you?"

"Governor, one of your relatives is here!" Liu Tang turned sideways and put the black robe in front of him, and said with a smile, "I said I was coming to visit you!"

"Relative?" Su Shiyuan was stunned, looked at the black robe suspiciously, and asked, "Are you my relative?"

As soon as Su Shiyuan's words came out, Liu Tang's face changed suddenly, and then he immediately took out his scimitar and stepped in front of the black robe, putting on a posture of swearing to protect Su Shiyuan. His eyes widened, and he shouted, "The Governor doesn't know you at all, who are you, and what is the purpose of coming here?"

"Are you Su Shiyuan?" The black robe didn't pay attention to Liu Tang who was grinning at all, and looked at Su Shiyuan, who was confused, and asked with a smile. Su Shiyuan nodded lightly and said, "I am Su Shiyuan, who are you, why do you want to pretend to be a relative of the governor of Pontus?"

"You don't know me, but I know you. The black robe smiled, then looked Su Shiyuan up and down, and nodded with satisfaction, "Yes! It's really good for you to take care of your son all these years." ”

"Hey, you old thing......"

"Liu Tang is slow!" Before Liu Tang put the knife on the neck of the black robe, Su Shiyuan took the first step to stop and said, "It's not too late for me to ask the reason." Then he turned his curious gaze to the black robe and asked, "You haven't answered Pontus's words, why do you want to pretend to be my relative?"

"I'm not pretending, we're really relatives, but we haven't met!" said the black robe with a smile, "Although you don't know me, you must know the person who sent me to meet you." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Su Shiyuan asked puzzled, "Who sent you to see me?"

"Your righteous son, Su Xie!"

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