Li Siye walked out of Cao Zhenqing's duty room, and was just about to enter the central axis of the main courtyard, but was stopped by a sergeant with a knife in both hands and cloth armor, and pointed him to the compound of the Xieshan Hall of the Duhu Mansion.

He hurriedly dodged back and poked his head out behind the porch pillars to peek. The sergeant, wearing a helmet, glanced back with contempt, and then ignored him.

At this moment, in the courtyard of the long central axis road, on each side of the brick road, there was a soldier from the North Court wearing blue and black cloth armor, standing solemnly with a knife, his eyes not squinting, and his face was full of majesty. All the officials who were stopped from staying in the corners of the wall must stand and bow and bow with their hands crossed.

Li Siye looked up, and saw that the first person was wearing a phoenix winged hood, wearing a red and copper-colored mountain armor, the robe was covered with a belly protection beast mirror, and the brass-colored handguard was pressed on the head of the dragon and phoenix ring on the handle of the knife at his waist.

Lai Yao was half a position behind him, wearing a slightly old crimson robe with a lack of hips, and he didn't wear anything around him, which looked refreshing. Maybe the old protector had already retreated, so he deliberately appeared more restrained, just like the general's attaché to reduce his sense of existence.

Li Siye guessed in his heart that the person who could make Lai Yaodu, who had been in charge of Anxida for nine years, humble and avoidable, except for Gai Jiayun, the Jiedu envoy who was about to take charge of Qixi, who else could there be?

Gai Jiayun and Lai Yao were followed by two lieutenant generals dressed in bare-armored armor, and then eight guards dressed in infantry fine-scale armor. The rest of the officials in Anthy were instead at the end. He saw Gao Xianzhi in a trance, this person was really hanging at the end of the team, his face was very gloomy, he couldn't imagine that such an expression could appear on his face, it was really strange.

In the future, one of the twin walls of the empire in the Western Regions, the posture when he was down can be regarded as a precious memory material, and he will think about it in the future, how inspirational it is.

Could it be that as soon as he comes to Yaodu to protect him, his comfortable days will come to an end?

They walked along the straight, and the Beiting soldiers lined up on both sides of the road followed the line in turn, orderly and standardized. Seeing Li Siye's amazement, the festival made the trip probably this scene, the first soldiers lined up to open the way, the front and back hugs, and waited to get out of the gate of the capital, and there were dozens of cavalry officers and flag heads in front and back with tooth flags and trumpet flags, and the east wind blew the crimson flags fiercely.

"Hehe, what a big show." Li Siye clasped his hands to his chest and smiled slightly.

When they arrived, Du Hu and others sent Gai Jiayun away, and the group returned to the long courtyard. Li Siye finally found an opportunity, stepped forward and bowed his hands and said, "Humble Li Siye will come to protect him." ”

"Li Siye?" Lai Yao was first stunned, and then thought about it, and said: "Oh, your position has been vacant, although there is no imperial court edict, I have already issued an official letter in the name of the Imperial Protectorate, come with me to the study, and I will tell you in detail." ”

"Whoa."

Li Siye followed behind the queue and returned to the main hall of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the entourage that saw him off also dispersed. Only Lai Yao and Gao Xianzhi went to the study, and Li Siye followed.

After the three of them entered the study, Lai Yao sat cross-legged in front of the long case. Gao Xianzhi was not interested, and instead of sitting on the right side as usual, he knelt on the felt carpet at the root of the east wall.

Li Siye knelt on one knee and said with his crossed hands: "I am grateful to protect and love all the people, and the heart of my fist is beyond expression." ”

Lai Yao coughed and waved his hand: "It's not a love, you have merit as a reward, you presented a quilt and a padded jacket to the Duhufu a few years ago, and relieved me of the cold worries of 20,000 soldiers in Anxi, this is a merit." Later, he rejected the enemy and Tubo, rescued the hidden country, killed 600 people, and captured the enemy thousands of generals, which was a great achievement. You deserve all of this. ”

Li Siye vaguely heard that there was a little shame in Lai Yao's words,

He raised his hand and brushed his beard and continued: "Three months ago, there was a large-scale riot and brawl in the 8th Regiment of the 33rd Zhechong Mansion stationed in the city, and Captain Zhao Lushui of Zhenwei was derelict in his duty and has been removed by me. At this critical time, I want to send you over, hoping that you can handle this matter well, solve the grievances of the soldiers, and do a good job as a lieutenant. ”

The 33rd Fold, the 8th Regiment. How did he sound so familiar? Oh, I think about it, Zhang Xiaojing and Wen Ran's father were both soldiers in this regiment, and their military exploits were all earned in the battle of the city of Fengsui Fort.

This can also be regarded as a kind of fate, but Zhang Xiaojing is far away in Chang'an at the moment, and he will never have any intersection with the Eighth Regiment again.

Thinking of this, Li Siye immediately crossed his hands and bowed: "The humble position will definitely live up to the expectations of the protectors." ”

Lai Yao nodded heartily and said, "There is still a difficulty when you take office, and the follow-up grievances of the brawl need to be resolved. The Changing City Envoy Ususi will tell you in detail, as long as you solve the problem, this captain can do it for a long time. If it can't be solved, I have already resigned and returned to Beijing at that time, and I am also the envoy of the Moxi Jiedu who is also the protector of Anxi, but he is a person who does not rub sand with his eyes. ”

Li Siye slandered in his heart, I knew that this was the case, and the career was simply a step by step. It seems that this can show my unusualness, is it really the existence of a disaster-inducing physique and causing trouble?

Lai Yao raised his eyebrows and asked him:

"What? You don't have faith? Otherwise? Go back to be a catcher? ”

Li Siye thought about it carefully, a good horse doesn't eat back grass, and he jumped four small steps directly from the seventh grade to the sixth grade, if he didn't come to a little test, how could he be able to get on the top with peace of mind.

His heart was crossed, and he resolutely said: "I am willing to accept this position." ”

"Okay."

Lai Yao joined his hands in approval, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him: "This is the official letter of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, you can take it to office." ”

Gao Xianzhi, who had been making a stuffy gourd behind him, suddenly opened his mouth: "Li Siye, this eighth regiment is not easy to bring, and the people's hearts are scattered, so after you take office, take gathering people's hearts as the best policy, if Qu is high and low, then take Liwei and suppress as the middle policy, if it doesn't work again, then take into account human feelings and coerce each other as the next policy." No matter which of these three strategies can be implemented, it can ensure that you sit down peacefully as a school captain. ”

Li Siye turned around and gratefully saluted Gao Xianzhi: "Thank you General Gao for giving me advice, Siye keep it in mind." ”

"Alright, you can go down."

Lai Yao looked very tired, he had worked in the position of Du Hu for nine years, how could he easily accept his sudden resignation, he needed a period of time to slowly adjust his mentality. Li Siye has been working in Green Ridge for more than a year, and he was uncomfortable for a while before leaving, not to mention the Tang people who are prone to sentimentality and sadness.

"Retire from your duties."

He stood up and made a cross hand salute, turned around and just went to push the door, the outstretched hand suddenly stopped, took a deep breath, turned around and crossed his hand again and asked: "Dare to ask to come to the capital protection, the lowly transfer to the city to serve as the captain of the eighth regiment, is there anyone who can be selected to guard the green ridge?" ”

Lai Yao raised his eyebrows in surprise, hugged his knees against the wall and asked, "Why did you suddenly think about ......, do you have a favorite candidate?" ”

Li Siye turned around and bowed his head and said, "It's not a secret, I really want to recommend someone." This person's name is Yu Gou, who once served as the chief bookkeeper of Cangli in the Green Ridge Guard, and later served as the chief bookkeeper under Wu Sangao, who joined the army in Cangcao. He is a down-to-earth man who knows the terrain and the entanglements of power in the vicinity of Green Ridge, so I think he is the best candidate. ”

Gao Xianzhi, who was sitting on the side, also looked at Li Siye with a different color, he remembered that Li Siye asked him for a gift half a year ago, saying that he was helping a friend to join the army's main book, and he didn't think much about it at the time, he dared to love that it was just an advanced ladder, and now it was really arranged.

Lai Yao twisted his beard and thought: "First he was the master of Cang Li, and then he was the master of Cang Cao's army, this person has never led soldiers, can he take on this responsibility?" ”