The Xianyang Palace, located in the southern city of Jinyang, has become lively again today after a long period of silence.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, the Wei division disturbed the east, and the king of Xianyang, Hu Lujin, led the army to Heluo to meet the attack, but the battle was won first and then lost, and even Hu Lujin was besieged in Jin Yong City by Li Boshan, a Wei minister who later joined the war, and finally committed suicide on the day of the city being difficult to defend and the city was broken.

Later, because the East and West boycotted the war and negotiated peace, Hu Lujin's body and the rest of the captured soldiers were able to return. After that, the imperial court pursued the invincibility of this battle, and quite a number of soldiers said that the commander of the army was defeated by the defeat of Hu Lujin. Therefore, at that time, the glory was simple and not extremely posthumous.

However, as one of the founding fathers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Hu Lujin also had a deep reputation and prestige, and could not be completely denied because of the defeat in World War I, so soon after, the imperial court gave various special gifts posthumously, and made his son Hu Luguang who was still in mourning the title of heir.

It is now the beginning of the ninth year of Tianbao, and it coincides with the day when the Xianyang Wang family ended their mourning and was removed from service. The mourning period of 20 months may not be able to alleviate the pain of losing a loved one, but those who are still alive in the world always need to move forward and not indulge in grief for a long time.

Hu Lujin since the chase from the Shenwu Emperor can be said to be a high degree of hard work, protégés and former officials all over the court and the opposition, and his sons Hu Luguang and Hu Luxian are also young and strong, outstanding meritorious service, and now in addition to the service to re-enter the WTO, visitors are also endless.

Hu Luguang himself is not keen on this kind of personal greeting and sending-off, but he also knows that their brothers have been away from current affairs for so long, and if they want to return to the current situation to make achievements, they will inevitably need to rely on human help, so they are also patient to receive waves of visitors at home.

Just when Hu Luguang was still in the hall and chatting with the guests, there was a team of knights outside to ride a horse to the door, the first burly middle-aged man was still wearing a military uniform, turned over and dismounted, and then greeted the Hu Lu family who greeted the guests in front of the door, several family members were busy descending to greet each other, and it could be seen that they were also very familiar with each other.

The middle-aged man strode up to the hall under the guidance of the house slaves, and when he saw Hu Luguang in the hall, he bowed and said, "The last will knock on the king!"

When Hu Luguang saw the visitor, he stood up from the banquet, looked down at him and said, "I am no longer your boss and official at home, Mo Duolou often comes to see him immediately, there is no need for this!"

The middle-aged man's name was Mo Duo Lou Jingxian, the son of the late Situ Gong Mo Duo Lou Loan, and when he heard Hu Luguang say this, he still kowtowed again before standing up, and bowed his head again and said, "It is a regret that I cannot continue to serve under the command of the king. But now that the king has been mourned, it will be difficult for him to be idle anymore, and his resurrection is imminent. The last general is now in Pingyang, Jinju, and he has come to congratulate him every day, but he is still involved in the matter, so that it is too late to come to the door, and I ask the king to forgive me."

"To come or not to come, it's just a layman's false courtesy, and it's not worth delaying business."

Hu Luguang is not a good communicator, and he was in a good mood when he saw the visit of his subordinates, but he didn't realize that his words made the guests present a little embarrassed.

When he heard Mo Duo Lou Jingxian's own words, he immediately frowned and said in a deep voice, "Is the situation in Jinju unstable?"

"This ......"

When Mo Duolou Jingxian heard this question, he looked around the crowd and did not answer Hu Luguang's question.

Hu Luguang also woke up after seeing this, he was in mourning for a long time, eager to understand the external personnel, but ignored that some issues could not be discussed in public, so he did not continue to ask. After a brief silence, he confessed to the guests in the hall, and then instructed his younger brother Hu Luxian to entertain the guests, while he motioned for Mo Duolou Jingxian to go with him to the side hall.

After entering the side hall, without the presence of other guests, Hu Luguang asked the question just now again: "Is there a lot of restlessness in Fennan?"

Mo Duo Lou Jingxian also nodded after hearing this, and sighed in his mouth: "In recent years, Qiang thieves have become more and more rampant in the realm, and they have repeatedly built fortified city gates to the north along the Fenshui, and have invaded hundreds of miles to the north, and their apprentices even often intrude on Beijiang County and other places, and sometimes the Qiang thieves can be seen riding in the Pingyang realm."

Mo Duolou Jingxian is now the official residence of Sima in Jinzhou and the Taishou of Pingyang, and his governance is not far from the Hedong region controlled by the Western Wei Dynasty.

After Hu Luguang drove out to Kumo Xi in the old year, he was awarded the history of Jinzhou for his merits, so he also knew a lot about the situation and importance of Jinzhou. What is the court's plan for this?"

"The last general knows the importance of border affairs, and if there is any disturbance, he will not dare to make a private decision, but it is only ......."

When Mo Duolou Jingxian said this, he showed hesitation again, and hesitated in his mouth not to continue.

"There are only you and me in this hall, why can't you say it?"

After hearing this, Hu Luguang said in a deep voice, he also wanted to know what was the secret that made Mo Duolou Jingxian so embarrassed.

"It's just that after the defeat in the battle of Huainan in the old year, the ministers of the dynasty were more timid to talk about military affairs. Even if there are some arguments about war, they are all put aside. Although the last general told the Fennan border affairs to the public, the only reply he received was to abide by his duty and not to act recklessly because of greed for merit, so as not to provoke a border provocation."

Mo Duolou Jingxian sighed when he said this, and he was quite helpless about the slightly conservative attitude of the imperial court.

Although Hu Luguang has been in mourning for more than two years, he is not completely ignorant of the outside world, even if he does not deliberately inquire, his family status is like this, and there will be many relatives and friends who will pass on some important things to him.

It's just that in the past few years, there have been few major events, especially in the military, since a series of defeats in the sixth to seventh years of Tianbao, the Northern Qi has hardly made any pioneering moves to the outside world, and everyone seems to be content with this status quo.

Such an atmosphere naturally made a noble military general like Hu Luguang dissatisfied, especially since he had a grudge against his father with the Western Wei Dynasty, and he was already quite dissatisfied with the conservative and introverted approach of the imperial court. It's just that when he was still in mourning at that time, even if he was dissatisfied in his heart, he could only hold back.

Hearing such an attitude of the imperial court at this time, Hu Luguang suddenly became even more dissatisfied, and even said in a deep voice: "What does it mean to act recklessly and provoke border provocations? Defending the country has become a sin! Could it be that the Qiang thieves were bullied and did not dare to fight back, so that the vulgar idea of the people in power to cultivate literature and martial arts was fulfilled?

Yang Zunyan and others disregard the needs of the general trend and do not repair military affairs, is it really to raise thieves and robbers to respect themselves? Duan Xiaoxian and the others didn't know the weight of Jinzhou, could it be that the army of Qiang thieves attacked Jinyang again before they knew that a catastrophe was coming? Huainan barbarian wasteland, Shang Kelang has a huge number of divisions and brigades, and the weight of Jinju is not even taken seriously!"

"This, this...... The last general has been in a foreign town for a long time, and he really doesn't know much about the personnel in the country, so it is really difficult for him to solve the king's doubts."

Hearing Hu Luguang's angry words, Mo Duolou Jingxian's face changed for a while, he didn't have the courage to criticize these highest-level personnel in the country, and then looked at Hu Luguang expectantly and said, "The king is so concerned about the affairs of Jinzhou, does he want to return to Jinzhou? It would be great if that could be the case.

In fact, the current situation in Jinju is not only because the imperial court has neglected to pay attention to it, but also because the king of Changle, who governs affairs in the state, is far inferior to the king in terms of ethics, and the commentators dare to be so rampant because of the thieves, in fact, it is not unrelated to the deliberate connivance of the king of Changle......

Today's Jinzhou Thorn Shi is Changle Wang Wei Cang, his father is the late Taishi Wei Jing, and his mother is the sister of Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan.

"What do you mean? Is there any conclusive evidence?"

After Hu Luguang heard this, his face suddenly changed. He scolded Yang Su, Duan Shao and the others just now, just to vent the dissatisfaction in his heart with emotion, but he didn't really think that they should be so guilty. But listening to Mo Duo Lou Jingxian's accusations against Wei Cang, it is already a relatively specific crime, and if there is no conclusive evidence, this kind of statement will be classified as slander.

After hearing this, Mo Duo Lou Jing hesitated for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "King Changle is already virtuous, greedy for money and good goods, and he is the weight of the country, and he will not mistake his accumulation and self-enrichment. There are many beautiful goods in Qiang, and King Changle often uses his servants to go deep into the enemy territory to make profits.

This kind of thing, the last general has seen a few of them, and the people of Jinju have also seen it, but because they are afraid of power, they dare not expose it. Nowadays, there are many Qiangzhong goods for sale in Jinyang City, and most of them are obtained from Qiangzhong, and there are all kinds of colorful brocade candy!"

Hu Luguang listened as he mixed the buttermilk, and was using a silver spoon to measure some sugar to taste, and after hearing this, his movements couldn't help but stiffen, and after a while, he muttered again: "If it is just a market sale for profit, although it can be criticized for greed, it can not be said that it has lost a great deal of grace and is a great sin. But if it is based on this, it is indeed not appropriate for King Changle to be in the town of the country, and it is enough to be honored in the dynasty and let the rich and noble, and Jinju should still choose capable people."

Speaking of this, he looked at Mo Duo Lou Jingxian again and said, "Yes, I do intend to take up the post of Jinju, not only hoping to contribute to the country, but also to avenge my father. The Qiang thief Li Boshan is evil and cunning, and she has a deep hatred against my family and country, and it is also a great trouble. What I am planning now is not to hope that I can be in a prominent position, but I just hope that I can kill more Qiang people and plunder more Qiang land in my lifetime, and if I can cut off this great trouble for the country, then I will die without regrets!

Originally, I was ashamed to tell people because of my own scheming, but now that I heard Mo Duolou say that the situation in Jinju is so chaotic, I have nothing to say. It's just that I've been away from the world for a long time after all, and I'm also unfamiliar with the situation in the border, so I hope Mo Duolou can explain it in detail for me, so that I can use this to plan this matter!"

"The king has a life, and he dares not to obey!"

After hearing this, Mo Duo Lou Jing nodded hurriedly and said, even if you don't talk about the friendship between the two parties, in terms of personal ability alone, being under the command of Hu Luguang is far more reliable than Changle Wang Wei Cang!

Therefore, he also introduced his current situation in Jinzhou to Hu Luguang in detail, hoping to help Hu Luguang fight for the position of Jinzhou Assassin.

Hu Luguang also listened to this very carefully, and at the same time felt quite sad in his heart. If his father was still alive, it would not be difficult for him to seek the position of Jinju Assassin, even if he couldn't do it privately, but as long as his father made a statement, there would probably be no one else in the government and the opposition who would oppose it.

However, with the death of his father, although the Hu Lu family still seems to be prominent, as the head of the family today, Hu Lu Guang can clearly feel that many things are different from before.

Even if we don't mention the twists and turns of his father's mourning posthumous gift, it is a bit unusual that during the period of their brother's mourning, the imperial court did not issue any edict to them.

It must be known that even the sons and daughters of other Jinyang nobles whose positions are not very important will often be ordered to end their mourning service and be reinstated within the mourning period.

Hu Luguang didn't think very highly of himself and felt that state affairs couldn't leave him, but there was no such statement in the entire mourning court, which means that some people in the court wanted to use this mourning period to get their brothers out of the position of front-line soldiers, so as to dilute the influence of Hu Lu's family among the Jinyang soldiers.

Such a reason can't be thought about, Hu Luguang didn't dare to resent anyone because of this, now that the mourning period is over, he just hopes to be able to serve the country while taking care of family feud and revenge. And now it happens that the Western Wei forces in Hedong are ready to move, and he is striving to serve as the assassin of Jinzhou, which can not only ensure the stability of the country's borders, but also strike at the arrogance of the Western Wei, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

In the next few days, relatives and friends came to visit one after another, and occasionally someone asked Hu Luguang what he thought after that, but he didn't reveal his thoughts. It wasn't until Changshan Wang Gaoyan came to the door as a guest that Hu Luguang suddenly cheered up.

After arriving at the door, Gao Yan clenched his fists and said: "I have lived alone in the middle of the court for a long time, and I have not had time to stay in Jinyang for a long time. After listening to the Queen Mother's words, I knew that Brother Mingyue's mourning period had expired, and I would like to see you, and I ask Brother Mingyue to forgive me for neglecting to visit before I heard it."

"How dare you, how dare you! The king is the dry city of the country, and he is the national plan, and he is willing to take the time to come to see him, and the light is already inexhaustible, how dare he be secretly greedy and intimate, and he will look forward to it for a long time."

After hearing this, Hu Luguang hurriedly waved his hand and said, and then respectfully invited Gao Yan into the hall.

After each other entered the hall and sat down, after greeting each other, Gao Yancai looked at Hu Luguang again and said, "Brother Mingyue has been filial piety this time, although he is courteous, but he has also put this good talent on hold for a long time. Now, in addition to finishing the service and returning to the world, you should also clean up your mood and bravely sacrifice yourself to serve the community! This visit, in addition to greetings, I also want to ask Brother Mingyue what his opinion is? If you want to cater to the current situation and eliminate the disadvantages, I hope that Brother Mingyue can give me advice!"

"The light is an ugly talent, and the king appreciates it so much, so he dares to say a thing or two."

Hu Luguang has been waiting for someone who really has the right to speak in the country to ask, and when he heard Gao Yan say this, he didn't even press it anymore, and when he said to Gao Yan: "Jinzhou is the gate of the country, and it is a thief's country not far from the south. If you want to go to the town, repair the armor, and enter Fenjiang, if you have a big base in Fenbei, then Guanzhong and Hedong are under my blade, even if you don't make a big advance, the thief also needs the strength of the country to prepare for me......

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