"General, how should we reply?" The general asked.

Qin Wuxi leaned back in his chair, pondered for a moment, and said: "To the Governor's Mansion of Xiliang: I am grateful to know from the letter on the 26th day of the first month of the forty-second year of Jiushi that our department has decided to follow the letter to carry out the reorganization of the army in the abandoned Qianhu Abandoned Residence in the West Gobi of Yongzhou, and to investigate inside and outside, and is willing to accept the investigation at any time. The specific results of the inventory will be notified by a separate letter. The deputy capital of the Xiliang Protectorate protects Qin without disease. ”

The general quickly wrote it down, repeated it again, and after confirming that it was correct, he turned around and left the signing room to reply to the Xiliang Governor's Mansion.

With the development of the world, this kind of official correspondence is no longer delivered by manpower in many cases, and the 600-mile expedited and 800-mile expedited have become a thing of the past, but have become telecommunications.

At first, it was a flying sword transmission similar to the flying pigeon legend, but later the flying sword was abandoned, and only a small talisman circle was needed to transmit documents.

Daomen calls this kind of rune array "Xun Fu Array", each "Xun Fu Array" can be connected to multiple "Xun Fu Array", and different runes are numbered differently, and the object to be passed can be freely selected according to the number.

The only deficiency is that the "Xun Fu Array" is expensive, up to tens of thousands of Taiping money, can not be equipped on a large scale, looking at the entire imperial court, the black-clothed people are popularized to the guerrilla level, Qingluanwei is popularized to the level of thousands of households, the local yamen is popularized to the government level, and the county level still uses manpower to pass the book, but from the county seat to the city of Fucheng is as short as half a day, as long as two or three days, and the manpower delivery is also enough.

As for why the "signal talisman array" is not used instead of the child and mother talisman, there are many reasons. First, the child and mother charms are one-time consumables, while the "signal symbol array" can be reused. Second, there is no basis for speaking, it is necessary to rely on black and white words to prevent mutual blame in the future, and also to avoid carrying the black pot to others.

After the general left, Qin Wuxian took out a talisman and pinched it between his fingers, seemingly a little indecisive.

Which is more important, one's own future or the righteousness of one's friends?

There is an old saying that there are no friends in officialdom.

But on the battlefield, there are the robes and brothers. You can not trust your colleagues in the officialdom, but you can't distrust your own robes on the battlefield.

Qin Wuxi stared at the Zimu talisman in his hand, his brows furrowed, and finally ignited this Zimu talisman with his own true qi.

A moment later, the Zimu Fu turned into a flame of light, casting a half-body phantom of Shangguan Jing.

"Something?" There are many similarities between the Taoist priests of Tiangangtang and the military attachés of the imperial court, and they don't like to greet politely, especially those like Shangguan Jing, who have just returned from the battlefield at the border pass.

Qin Wuxian didn't care either, and said with a smile: "You are not a peerless beauty, nor are you a fairy, if it's okay, I don't bother to talk to you." ”

Shangguan Jing laughed: "Then talk about things." ”

Qin Wuxi asked, "Where have you been?" ”

Shangguan Jing didn't think much about it, and replied, "It's docking at Cuowenbu to replenish water and gas." ”

Qin Wuxian asked again, "You haven't been back to Yujing for a while, haven't you?" ”

"It's been a few days since you went back, but what do you care about?" Shangguan Jing finally sensed that something was wrong, "Even if something happens to Yujing, it won't be you who get the news first." ”

"That's hard to say." Qin Wuxian said, "The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and when it turns into a strong wind and waves that are enough to capsize the ship, it will be too late." ”

Shangguan Jing was silent, and he smelled an ominous aura from Qin Wuxi's words.

Qin Wuxi said softly: "From now on, I have to stop and rest." ”

"What do you mean?" Shangguan Jing immediately asked.

Qin Wuxian replied: "I advise you, act carefully, even if you don't have an inch of skill, don't make a big mistake." ”

Shangguan Jing was not a fool, he had already heard Qin Wuxi's words, staring at Qin Wuxian with a solemn face.

Qin Wuxian avoided Shangguan Jing's gaze and said: "I don't have the intention of joking now, you and I have been friends for more than ten years, so I just went out to remind you, someone said hello and asked me to stop and catch the ghost." ”

"Who?" Shangguan Jing's eyes sparkled.

Qin Wuxi said lightly: "At this time, is it still important?" Don't ask. ”

"Is it the Protectorate of the Western Regions? Or the Cabinet? Shangguan Jing went straight forward.

Qin Wuxian groaned, and after a while, he said, "Do you really not understand, or do you pretend not to understand?" This is not a battlefield against the Golden Horde, where the water is deeper than Tsowenbu. ”

Shangguan Jing said softly: "I don't want you to wade into the water, and I don't want you to pull me on the shore, I just need you to wake me up on the shore." ”

Qin Wuxi was silent for a moment, and sighed: "That's it, then I'll tell you, it's the Xiliang Governor's Mansion and Beichen Hall." ”

Shangguan Jing was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I can think of it if you don't say it." You said, I finally didn't lose your friend. ”

Qin Wuxian had many feelings: "You and I are both people who have been in the cage for a long time, and we should understand that where we are, there is no such thing as being arrogant and angry, and a piece of paper is pressed down, and we have to obey it, and we have to obey it." What I can do is to inform you in advance, if you can retreat, you should retreat first. ”

Shangguan Jing shook his head and said, "I understand your kindness." It's just that I want to retreat, where can I retreat? Retreat to Yujing? ”

Qin Wuxi's tone was heavy: "The matter has been seen clearly, what kind of revenge is the secret association, it is just a high-sounding reason." Taiping Dao wants to make a big fuss about this matter, to suppress the two Dao, and then elect a Dazhang Sect surnamed Li, and they even want the Dazhang Sect to be hereditary like the throne. Whoever blocks the way of the Taiping Road, the Taiping Road will crush whoever is killed, people block and kill, Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha, you and I can't stop it. ”

Shangguan Jing was silent.

Qin Wuxi's voice was lowered: "Even if you retreat to Yujing and lose the position of deputy hall master, it is better than losing your life." ”

……

Qi Xuansu came to the second floor of the "inn", came to the outside of Qin Xiang's room, and knocked lightly on the door.

"You...... Okay? Qin Xiang opened the door and looked Qi Xuansu up and down to see if he was missing arms and legs.

Qi Xuansu said: "Fortunately, there is no danger." ”

"Come in and talk." Qin Xiang let Qi Xuansu in, and was about to close the door, but was stopped by Qi Xuansu raising his hand.

Qin Xiang looked at Qi Xuansu suspiciously.

Qi Xuansu explained: "Let's open it, there's nothing you can't see." ”

Qin Xiang was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said angrily: "You are a ...... Now is not the world where science is the way of science! ”

Qi Xuansu smiled and didn't refute, but he didn't plan to close the door.

The two of them sat opposite each other with the door open like this, and Qin Xiang said, "I didn't expect the little county king to invite you." But since you're here, I just want to thank you, what do you want? ”

This was a bit condescending, but Qi Xuansu didn't feel offended, he didn't think that this somewhat stupid county lord did it on purpose.

Qi Xuansu did not refuse very magnificently, but thought seriously for a while and replied, "Taiping money." ”

Qin Xiang was not a fake politeness, and immediately asked, "How much is appropriate?" ”

Qi Xuansu estimated his net worth, and there were still eight hundred Taiping money left, saying that it was not too much, saying that it was a lot less, and this little county lord did not look like he was very rich, so he simply asked for two hundred Taiping money and made up a whole number. For a county lord, two hundred Taiping should not be too much.

So Qi Xuansu stretched out two fingers.

"Two thousand peace money?" Qin Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his expression relaxed, "It's not much, in fact, you don't need to be so polite." ”

Qi Xuansu only felt that his two fingers were a little stiff, and he suddenly found that it seemed that his vision was lowered.

This is not to blame Qi Xuansu, because he has not been in contact with a few rich people.

Qi Niang is undoubtedly rich, but she is a miser and cannot be reasoned with. As for Zhang Yuelu, the excessively high moral standards made her very poor, only slightly better than Qi Xuansu.

Qin Xiang is different.

In all fairness, in her eyes, two thousand Taiping money cannot be regarded as a small amount of money, but it is not a big amount of money. The clans of Daxuan lost their fiefdoms, and only some people were able to participate in political affairs, and the rest began to get involved in various businesses.

Qin Xiang is just a county lord, but his parents are pampered, and he also has some shares in his name, and his annual income is about 5,000 Taiping Yuan, and 2,000 Taiping Yuan is her income for half a year, and she doesn't have much money to spend on weekdays, and she also has a small savings, about 10,000 Taiping Yuan, which is enough to cope.

In the end, Qi Xuansu did not open his mouth to explain, and acquiesced to this number.