The beautiful eyebrows look to the west, and the cold light in the eyes seems to have deep meaning.
Yan Yu lowered his head and felt the strength and temperature of his uncle's palm.
The hands of the Yan family are all very beautiful, slender, straight, and well-defined.
Only the word "tenderness" cannot be related to it. Uncle's, father's, mother's, eldest brother, eldest sister and she all have calluses on their hands. Everyone's position is different, some are due to working, some are due to holding a pen.
The reason is because of holding a bow...
Her fingers slowly traced the hard part of her uncle's hand.
The place between my fingers has been left with pens all year round.
This place... was when the Beirong came last time, my uncle stretched his bow continuously and injured his hand.
One large and one small walked slowly, Yan Huaiwen recalled the past of Xizhou Mansion.
King Qi rebels!
The lineage of King Qi is the closest to the current lineage.
The old King of Qi was born from the same mother as the current king, and he was older, but he was mediocre and could not be used in a big way. He was disliked by the late emperor. When the late emperor was still alive, he did not enfeoff. It was not until he succeeded to the throne that he made his brother from the same mother the king of Qi.
, the fiefdom of Xizhou Prefecture cannot be said to be unkind.
The old King of Qi passed away, leaving behind dozens of heirs, including two direct descendants, and the eldest son succeeded him as King of Qi.
The young King of Qi was young and powerful, shrewd and capable. Unlike the old King of Qi, who was not very interested in the fiefdom, he was ambitious and interfered in the government affairs of Xizhou government many times. This was the reason for the chaos in Xizhou government.
There were still several years before King Xiao Qi's rebellion. Since he was rebellious in his heart, his plans would not happen overnight. He vaguely remembered that after King Xiao Qi's defeat, he had seized several private mines...
Soldiers are important, mining and iron smelting are important.
In ordinary years, people will not leave their registered residence, but in years of famine, there are many people fleeing famine. If you want to intercept people, this is the best time.
Qishan Prefecture announced early this year's drought. During the disaster, warehouses were opened several times to distribute relief grains.
However, the drought has spread far and wide, not only Qishan Prefecture, but also Leshan Prefecture and Xizhou Prefecture.
Until the drought ended, the number of dead reported by the three prefectures was shocking.
It is unknown how many people here died from famine, and how many people were deliberately hidden.
It was also this year's disaster that gave Xizhou the opportunity to gather strength. When King Xiao Qi was ready, it would be time for rebellion.
Disasters cannot be tolerated. The longer it is delayed, the harder it will be to control the situation.
It would be best if we could expose King Xiao Qi's rebellious intentions before he rebels. However, if the war breaks out and there are frequent natural disasters, the court will inevitably focus on one thing and not the other, and the people will suffer unspeakably.
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Yan Yu followed her uncle to meet Mr. Xue Qi.
The Huju frontier army failed to defend the city, and they had no face to listen to the order and receive the reward, but General Xue had to come. The pensions for the brothers who died in the battle were all left here. He had put some money in advance for emergencies, and the bulk of them had to wait for the imperial court to pay them.
The silver reward.
Therefore, General Xue Qi acted in a very low-key manner. He always stayed behind Mr. Tian. When asked, he would say as little as possible, trying to establish himself as a clumsy-tongued, honest and responsible border general.
It was quite effective. Eunuch Li didn't even look at him, most of his attention was focused on Mr. Tian.
"Want me to deliver official documents for you?" Mr. Xue asked, pointing to his nose.
Every time he met Yan Hushu, he had to be very alert. Yan Huaiwen really put too much pressure on people.
"Yan Hu has so much time to do with writing, why can't others find time too?" Mr. Xue Qi was puzzled: "It's just to deliver official documents to Leshan Prefecture, Qishan Prefecture. There is no need for several clerks to go there in person, or to send one or two smart government servants.
That's all in the past. There is a precedent for the resettlement of refugees. Since people have already settled in Huju, it is a matter of changing their registration. This is a small matter. The two governments will not be embarrassed, right? Let the border troops do it for you..."
I'm sorry you figured it out.
When the words came to his lips, General Xue Qi did not complain directly, but instead said, "...well, it's not impossible, but my border army has the responsibility of guarding the border, so it's not easy to leave rashly. This... I have to ask for an order from above."
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"The Huju County Government Office is short of manpower. I would like to trouble Mr. Xue Qi to make a trip in person. The County Government Office will take care of the transfer of orders." Yan Huaiwen said.
Mr. Xue Qi:......
Did you hear me right? Instead of asking the border army to send someone randomly, let him go in person?
What on earth is this...?
His doubts were written all over his face.
Yan Huaiwen did not confuse him for too long. He started talking about the bandits he encountered on the way to escape...
The more Mr. Xue listened, the more frightened he became.
Bandits kidnapped and sold people, suspected private soldiers pursued them, a team of hundreds of people, all equipped with saddles and horses...
He looked at the token that Yan Huaiwen had been hiding, which was an actual pure copper refinement...
Xizhou also inquired about this group of people not long ago...
The information revealed in this is shocking!
Everything is pointing to a possibility, a possibility that he dare not think of.
General Xue Qi swallowed hard.
He stood up quickly, walked to the window in a few steps, and opened the window wider. The cold wind slapped his face, which was chilly, but not as cold as his heart.
He has been guarding Huju for many years, and the Beirong Head Office is adjacent to the Xirong Guard Station.
Even if he didn't know exactly what was going on over there, he still knew about it.
Compared with Guanzhou, Xizhou's calmness is ridiculous.
It’s not that Xirong didn’t come, it’s just that they were far less active and quiet than Beirong. They were just making small fuss, so they couldn’t think deeply. They couldn’t think deeply!
It’s fine if you don’t think about it, but if you think about it, it’s all holes and flaws…
"Prince Qi...do you really have that intention?" Mr. Xue Qi asked in a low voice, for fear of scaring himself.
Yan Huaiwen motioned for him to sit down, and General Xue Qi quickly sat back obediently. He had nowhere to put his two extra hands, so he had to put them on his knees and rub them back and forth.
"It's not certain yet, so when General Xue Qi goes there, he should pay more attention to everything... Once something changes, and the tiger is in a strategic location, it will definitely be a conspiracy, and we have to be on guard." Yan Huaiwen said with a bit of solemnity.
Mr. Xue Qi’s hands on his knees were tightly clenched.
"How sure is Yan Hushu?" he asked in a deep voice.
Yan Huaiwen shook his head and said: "It is better to be wrong than to let it go. This matter is of great importance. We must not take any chances!"
Mr. Xue Qi pondered this sentence over and over again and chewed it carefully.
He was lost for a moment, and then murmured: "Yes, we can't take any chances. This matter is too big to allow us to think more about it. We just need to think more about it and prepare early, otherwise... we won't even know how we died."
That would be so unfair, so unfair!
Xizhou, Xizhou...King of Qi...
Xizhou Army... The last time the beacon was lit, Xizhou Army came to help. Soon, there were many people...
This is wrong. There are too many people. In order to get more food and grass from us in Huju, they exposed the number of troops stationed near Huju...
If Xizhou is in chaos, Guanzhou will definitely send troops...
They... are guarding against us!
I have to go take a look and take a good look!"
The more General Xue Qi muttered, the clearer his mind became.
"Yan Hushu, please send the official transfer as soon as possible. I will go back to the camp to prepare and leave early." Mr. Xue Qi couldn't sit still and wanted to leave right away.
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(I’m afraid I won’t see it, so I typed it into the main text. Zhai Zhai is a bit seriously ill this time and feels particularly uncomfortable. I haven’t gotten better yet, but I don’t update every day. I’m so anxious that I can’t wait for everything to get better, so I write slowly.
I also need to write, first make sure to update once, and then slowly resume double updates~)
