When a person is promoted and dismissed, he is most concerned about relatives, friends and enemies, so after Lu Qian got the news, he was immediately uneasy and found an opportunity to go to his cousin Xiao Ting's mansion.

He pushed open the door and entered, and Xiao Ting, who was kneeling in front of the desk, suddenly put down the pen and ink in his hand, grabbed the rice paper and crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the bamboo basket next to him.

Lu Qian sensed that the situation was not good, but he still bent down and intervened: "Cousin."

"Please ask me to join the army, what is the matter with you coming to me?"

"What did Xiao say when he joined the army, I can't come to you if I have nothing to do......"

Seeing the unapproachable expression on Xiao Ting's face, Lu Qian said stupidly: "I heard that Li Siye was sent to Yaodu to protect the foreign affairs to do the green ridge guard, why didn't my cousin dissuade him from the side, and let this person get the real shortage as he wished?"

"What should I do, can you ask?" Xiao Ting coldly pushed back the words.

Although Lu Qian had resentment in his heart, he didn't dare to have any unhappiness. He choked and still didn't leave, and obediently knelt in front of Xiao Ting, waiting for his cousin to explain. It is also a form of non-violent forced cooperation.

Xiao Ting was angry when he saw him, but he couldn't easily get rid of his difficult cousin, so he had to reveal a little intention to reassure this stupid donkey.

"This green ridge guard, remote and bitter cold, geography is insignificant, send him here to become a guard, do you think he can still be promoted?"

When Lu Qian heard this, he felt that his cousin's words were really reasonable, so he immediately took out a heavy package from his arms and put his hands in front of the desk.

"This is some of the belongings that the family brought from Jingzhao, and I also ask my cousin to laugh at it."

Xiao Ting was still expressionless, and Lu Qian had no choice but to put the package on the desk and retreat.

When he walked out of the Xiao Mansion, he felt especially aggrieved in his heart, and opened his mouth to scold hatefully: "What are you pretending to be, Lao Tzu sends you a lot of money every time, and it is not an eye with me, and a nose is not a nose." If he hadn't come to protect him, he wouldn't have been able to send it in, so why bother stammering this cold-faced villain.

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Five days later, Li Siye officially set off for the Green Ridge, carrying the official seal of the Metropolitan Protectorate in his arms, and the rest of the daily necessities into a backpack, or wrapped into a blanket and hunched on horseback.

He went to the Green Ridge to take up his post, the house was going to be taken back by the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the property and bonus rewards obtained by killing Zhang Kuo and his gang on the way could not stay there, so he specially hired a carriage to carry these things to the Green Ridge to take office.

Tian Zhen and Fuji Mu followed behind them on green horses, and this was all his team and belongings.

The Green Ridge, later known as the Pamir Plateau, has an average altitude of 4,500 meters, and is the place where the five mountains converge.

Since Zhang Qian opened up the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty, how many Han men were buried here, the continuous snow-capped mountains and the harsh cold have never stopped their footsteps.

Cooking meat in such a place, you can never eat cooked food, and the boiling point of water is always kept at seventy or eighty degrees. The thin air can also produce a certain amount of altitude sickness.

The peaks of the plateau are towering, and the snow-capped peaks of the mountains do not melt all year round. There are only three months of the year, which are warm and humid, and the plateau valleys grow lush green grass and wild onions, and the verdant green makes people look forward to it, which is the origin of the green ridge.

The city of Green Ridge is just above the ancient silk road, it was originally the capital of the ancient country of Pantuo, backed by one of the peaks, adjacent to many rivers, in the second step of the gentle terrain, overlooking the Green Ridge Post Station below.

On the way here, Li Siye did a lot of homework, and learned that within the scope of the Green Ridge Guard, there was actually a small country under management, the name of this small country is Zhi Yin, and the population should be several thousand.

Li Siye rode the black fat all the way up, the climate was quite mild in this season, the grass under the horse's hooves was green, he grabbed the horse's reins, put his hand on the pergola and looked out, and saw the small city on the top of the slope.

He felt a little comfortable in his heart, he was in charge of a city, a post station and a country, and there was still a lot to be done in this green ridge guard.

When he rode a horse and stood under the head of the city, he looked at the scale of the city, and his heart seemed to be poured a basin of cold water, which was inevitably too small, the width and depth of the city were only a few dozen zhang, and it was built of rammed earth and white stone, and the size and scale were only equivalent to an oasis market town in the desert, or a medieval earl's castle in Europe, far worse than the county seat.

A soldier poked out of the rammed earth female wall battlement, saw Li Siye below wearing bright armor, hurriedly picked up the gun thrown on the ground, and asked, "Is the new guard Li Yuanjun?"

Li Siye raised his head and said, "It's this official, open the door quickly."

The little soldier hurriedly went down and ran to a grass hall where the official residence of the guard envoy was located, and reported to the warehouse master Bo Yugou, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and tying knots: "Yu Zhu Bo! Fast! The new Guardian is here!"

The little soldier lowered his voice again and whispered: "This new guard envoy seems to be unusual."

Yu Gou snorted and said, "It must be a frustrated person who is not valued by Shangguan, what's so unusual?"

"When the old guard captured the envoy came to take office, he was alone with the wine gourd, and this Li Shou captured the envoy wearing iron armor and two subordinates by his side, looking quite vigorous."

"Can you still be refreshed in a place like this? He's not ......."

Yu Gou hurriedly finished tying the last knot in his hand, hung it on the wall and said, "Hurry up, go open the city gate!"

"No, get everyone up first, and line up to welcome Li Yuanjun!"

"Squeak."

The two rough wooden doors slowly opened to both sides, and two small soldiers with sallow faces poked their heads out, stole a glance at the new guard, and then stood upright at the base of the wall.

Li Siye shook the reins expressionlessly, lowered his head slightly, and passed under the doorway. The hood was almost rubbed off, and a mouthful of white ash choked in his mouth and nose.

He looked down at the more than 100 Tang troops standing on both sides of the road, it should be more accurate to call the militia, they are not fully armored, some only wear hoods, some only have shoulder pads, some only wear armor, the rest of the parts are wrapped in animal fur tattered, and the weapons are still complete......

Li Siye's face was gloomy, and the soldiers exchanged glances with each other, and then stood straight facing forward.

Out of nowhere, there was a child's cry, and then a woman spoke loudly in words he didn't understand. The strong man in the crowd turned white and kept looking at the place where the child was crying.

Li Siye coughed and said coldly: "Whose child is crying, hurry up and coax!"

There was a mocking laugh in a low voice among the soldiers, and the strong man's face was white and red for a while, and he bowed and crossed his hands and said, "Xie Yuanjun, this is my son's ......, I'll go immediately."

The master of the warehouse stood at the end of the road, he was wearing a light cyan robe with patches and missing crotch today, the black gauze was torn on his head, and a few strands of hair were squeezed out, fluttering in front of his face, and he looked very unbearable.

"The humble position of the master is thin and the structure, and I welcome Li Yuanjun."