Xue Shanglin is a few years older than Li Lingwu, and the two of them are on par with each other in terms of official positions, and they have been old friends for many years, so there is nothing wrong with him calling himself a brother.

Li Lingwu really admired Xue Shanglin, born in a poor family, without any background, when he was in Chang'an, although his martial arts and talent were good, he was not the top-notch group, but Xue Shanglin was steady, very persevering, and it was not easy to climb step by step to Yongzhou, the most important state in Dayan, by his own efforts.

"Brother, you look much more tired, is the bandit situation really difficult to suppress?" Li Lingwu asked.

Xue Shanglin's martial arts reached the middle level of the eighth grade, and he was in his prime, and he had rested for a lot of days these days, of course, there would be no tiredness on his face, Li Lingwu asked like this, in fact, he was asking about the killing of the people mentioned by those who participated in the court meeting, what was the specific situation.

"Brother, Yongzhou is so big, a quick knife can cut through the mess!" Xue Shanglin certainly knew what Li Lingwu meant, and sighed.

Li Lingwu instantly understood.

Yongzhou bandits are serious, involving seven or eight counties, as well as Nanshan, a special area that spans several counties, the emperor is extremely concerned, so Xue Shanglin had to take tragic measures, on the one hand, to speed up the speed of suppressing bandits, and on the other hand, to deter bandits, in order to show the determination of the imperial court.

The question of bandits stopped, and Li Lingwu asked again: "What do you think about the situation of five yuan?"

Although Wuyuan County is an armament area and directly obeys the emperor's orders, it is located in Yongzhou after all, and Xue Shanglin naturally knows the details.

Xue Shanglin said: "The Huns are afraid that they are going to come this time, a lot of cavalry has been gathered outside Wuyuan City, although they did not attack, and they don't know when to attack, but it is certain that the Huns will shoot at the most appropriate time, you must not underestimate the wisdom of those barbarians, they know how to seize the opportunity best, fortunately Zhou Sheng withstood the pressure in Jizhou, otherwise...... Otherwise, Wuyuan County is afraid that it has been lost. ”

Li Lingwu's face instantly became serious, and when the emperor told him, he thought that the Huns were still trying, and he didn't expect that the problem was so serious.

Of course Li Lingwu knew the strength of the Huns.

Zheng Heng's father Zheng Hui was such a hero that he still died at the hands of the Huns.

Xue Shanglin continued: "You also know that Qin Siyu's old boy is the most steady, the famous old turtle, who is quite good at defense, and now he is scared, it can be seen how serious the matter is, in my opinion, Qin Siyu's old boy still can't stabilize the situation, and I don't know how Your Majesty will deal with it." ”

Li Lingwu said: "Your Majesty and I have mentioned that we will send His Royal Highness the King of Shu over." ”

When Xue Shanglin heard this, he frowned and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is an excellent candidate, and it is no problem to preside over the overall situation in the past, but what about Liangzhou?" The Tubo people are also quite fierce, the reason why they only dare to occasionally send people to harass Liangzhou for so many years is mostly because of the prestige of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, if he goes to Wuyuan, although Liangzhou Assassin Shi Jia Song is a good hand, but after all, he has not faced a big scene alone, and Lin Qi is a reckless man, I am afraid it is difficult to stabilize it, of course there is no problem in normal times, but now it is different from the past, Dayan is almost surrounded by enemies, it is difficult to ensure that Tubo has the courage to invade Liangzhou. ”

Li Lingwu sighed: "There shouldn't be any problems for the time being, if you really can't do it, you can transfer people from Jingzhou, and now there is only Jingzhou where Dayan has no trouble...... How does Dayan feel that there is a shortage of people all these years. ”

It's all about wars, and Dayan holds martial arts tournaments every four years, and those with excellent grades will be sent out to act as small leaders of the army, and they die on the battlefield before they even have time to grow.

Xue Shanglin laughed: "It's a pity that you have a great responsibility, brother, otherwise if you are sent to Wuyuan or Liangzhou, there must be nothing to worry about, and Your Majesty will also put a hundred hearts." ”

Li Lingwu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother said he was joking." ”

This is really just to say, although Li Lingwu is a first-class talent, no less than the King of Shu or the King of Beihai, but his identity is not trivial, the Praetorian Guard can be said to be the emperor's personal guard, and it is the most important bargaining chip to defend the royal family, and Li Lingwu is the emperor's confidant, his own prestige is very high, and he has a great deterrent effect on all forces, how can the emperor easily let him out.

Next, the two talked about some major events in the imperial court, from Jizhou to Yangzhou, which had a lot of resonance, and they all had a feeling of excitement, remembering the scene of discussing national affairs together in childhood.

After chatting about the matter, Xue Shanglin talked about family life again, and said: "Speaking of which, the noble children of Dayan are not as good as the generation, don't frown, brother, can you find a young man in Chang'an City now who is comparable to the King of Shu or the King of Beihai back then? Take a step back and say, there are no ones like you, Tang Feihu, and Zhou Sheng, brother." ”

This was a little frustrating, Li Lingwu wanted to refute it, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that what Xue Shanglin said was the truth, and he also knew that Xue Shanglin looked down on the current noble children, and rarely looked at them with a straight eye.

Although Xungui's son-in-law has a high starting point, there is no shortage of people with good martial arts and talents, but they are all not experienced enough, they are all treasures in the family, even if they are released to practice, they will not let him do anything particularly dangerous, and when he is rarely alone, Zheng Heng's eldest son Zheng Wentong was a pretty good seedling a few years ago, but unfortunately he died at the hands of the Khitans.

Li Hu on the side remembered Li Wufeng on Li Ji's birthday, and sighed silently.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little silent, Xue Shanglin smiled and said, "Brother, those in your family are good, I heard that your eldest son Li Wufeng has recently broken through the seventh grade? ”

This is Li Lingwu's pride, and said with a smile: "I don't deserve to be praised by my brother, this kid Wufeng still has a lot of shortcomings, and now I am giving him some errands, I hope he can mature as soon as possible." ”

Li Wufeng is now working in the Praetorian Guard, and at present, it seems that it is quite good.

Xue Shanglin said: "I have also seen that kid Wufeng a few times, it is really good, with you watching, and then I will have some achievements after a good experience." ”

After a pause, he continued: "I am more optimistic about your youngest son Li Wuchang, when I talk to him in Niumaoshan, it seems that he is talking to his peers, which is very happy, he respects me at the same time, but he can maintain his true colors, he is not stage frightened at all, he understands the world very well, and ah, he has several young masters, all of whom have special respect for him, he confesses a word, and they immediately execute, ordinary people do not have that charm." ”

Xue Shanglin sent a letter to Li Lingwu not long ago, which was a summary of the matter in Niu Mao Mountain, asking him to probe His Majesty's tone, finish talking about business, and finally spend a lot of pen and ink to express his praise for Li Wuchang, Li Lingwu thought that Xue Shanglin was mostly polite, but now it seems that he is really optimistic about Li Wuchang.

Xue Shanglin continued: "For the sake of a friend, I dared to kill Niumao Mountain with a few people, and set fire to make trouble everywhere, I dare to pack tickets, and Chang'an City will not find a few like him." ”

Li Lingwu naturally knew that Li Wuchang had a few axes, cunning, smart, bold, very good at doing things, and knew how to advance and retreat, and sighed at the moment: "I know that stinky boy still has some means and guts, but it's a pity that he is a big lazy worm, whether it is Xi Wen or martial arts, he has never paid much attention, I believe you have also heard about the matter of Wudao Pavilion, his indiscriminate methods, I blushed when I looked at it, and there was a round, he actually took out a thousand taels to buy his opponent in front of everyone, you talk about it, is this shameless?" ”

Xue Shanglin smiled meaningfully and said, "Brother, are you sure that Li Wuchang doesn't know martial arts?"

Li Lingwu was a little puzzled, and said: "Brother, what else do you have to say? I once doubted him, and even sent my brother to test him, and he was shot away on the spot. ”

This is when Li Wuchang killed Xue Laosi, the spokesperson of the East Market of the Three Princes.

Xue Shanglin said to Duan Long on the side: "Duan Long, you and Commander Li talk about the matter on Niumao Mountain. ”

"Yes, sir. Duan Long nodded, and then said respectfully to Li Lingwu: "Lord Commander, the situation at that time was like this, the humble duty was ordered by Lord Assassin Shi to go and wipe out Pei He and the others of the Green Snake Gang, and saw a lot of dead bodies not far from the prisoners, those are all bandits of the Green Snake Gang, and their martial arts are quite good. ”

Li Lingwu and Li Hu both frowned.

Duan Long continued: "After the lowly led people to rush to the dense forest in the back mountain, I found that in addition to the people of the Green Snake Gang, there were some desperate people left, and after the lowly duty exterminated the bandits, Li Gongzi appeared with a group of people, they were all seriously injured or out of strength, and Li Gongzi had a serious smell of blood on his body, Lord Commander, you are a first-class master, of course you know that if it is not for the fierce fighting, it is impossible to have that kind of bloody smell on your body." ”

Duan Long said this, Xue Shanglin waved his hand to make him stop, and said by himself: "Brother, I have shallow knowledge, as far as I know, in Dayan, in addition to your family's Cangyan Jue and the royal family's Red Dragon True Qi, I really can't think of any kind of fire Qi True Qi that is so domineering that can scorch people, I remember one time, after you competed with Liu Jingming, there was a scorch mark on his right arm, and at that time you were a sixth grade." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Heh, at that time, there were corpses all over Niumao Mountain, which can be called hell on earth, if it wasn't for the battlefield or often fighting with people, it would be impossible to be so calm, even many of my masters turned pale, and some even vomited, what about him, he didn't blink his eyes, and he joked with me." ”

The true qi that can scorch people is indeed very domineering, in addition to Cang Yanjue and Red Dragon true qi, there are also some fire-based true qi that can also be done, but at that time, the possibility of Li Wuchang making a move was very high.

Li Lingwu was really moved at this time, and carefully remembered Li Wuchang's past.

Xue Laosi in Dongshi, the kidnapping in Nanshan, the scuffle in the west of the city, the masters sent by Li Qing followed, and the Martial Arts Pavilion obtained a lot of treasures, among which there were many suspicious points, Li Lingwu just suspected it, and did not delve into it.

Li Wuchang, this kid, how deep is hidden.

"Bang!"

Li Lingwu slapped the table and said, "Good boy, I almost let him get by." ”

Li Hu was also shocked.

Xue Shanglin laughed, as if he was extremely happy, then drank a glass of wine, and said, "Brother, it seems that you really let the four boys of your family fool this time...... By the way, I haven't asked you yet, where are you going to send him to practice?"

Li Lingwu came back to his senses and said, "Send him to manage the military village and let him mess with a bunch of old fritters." ”

Xue Shanglin was stunned and said, "Won't it?"

The soldiers in Li Lingwu's mouth are actually the Zhuangzi of the imperial court, which is used to settle those veterans who have been seriously injured on the battlefield and have made some contributions, those veterans are seriously injured, and some even lack arms and legs, and it is not very suitable to go to the battlefield, but they can't help but settle and chill their hearts.

Most of those Zhuangzi are very barren, the land is not good, it is difficult to grow crops and even be self-sufficient, the road is not easy to walk, most of the veterans are difficult to serve, and many Zhuangzi are at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, often attacked by bandits.

Managing such a Zhuangzi is not a good job.

Li Lingwu sighed: "Not only brother, you are optimistic about that kid, even Your Majesty is very optimistic about him, and he has also been named a viscount!"

This time it was Xue Shanglin's turn to be surprised.