Zhou Ning felt much better when he heard that he was not traveling far away.
Huahong was making suggestions, "Madam, do you want to get a dog? You can play with the young man or the young lady in the future."
"That's inappropriate." Yang Xuan put away the book in Zhou Ning's hand, "I've been reading it all day, let's take a break."
Zhou Ning stretched his body and said, "Don't raise a dog yet."
Several maids looked disappointed.
Yang Xuan smiled and said: "When the puppy comes, you have to teach it to poop. For a while, you have to clean it every day. Are you willing?"
Huahong nodded fiercely, and Yanxiao hesitated for a moment before nodding.
Jiang Heer looked strange.
"He'er, what about you?" Yan Xiao asked.
Jiang Heer said: "I have eaten dog meat before."
"Hey!" Huahong was angry, "You can do it too!"
Jiang He'er said: "Children in Jianghu often cannot eat meat outside, so some people make dog meat and say it is fragrant meat. It tastes... really good!"
"Stay away from me!" Huahong wanted to sever ties with her.
The dog-raising thing came to an end.
After dinner, Yang Xuan and Zhou Ning took a walk in the yard.
The sound of Guqin came from next door, which was very melodious.
"Who is that?" Zhou Ning asked.
"Mostly Jianming." Li Han is very talented, at least he can crush Yang Xuan and King Wei.
"King Wei has been a little quiet recently, and he didn't come to see you for a drink."
"He's going to be a widower."
Zhou Ning pursed her lips and smiled, "By the way, when I sent Princess Wei out last time, Princess Wei said that King Wei had a woman and deliberately told her..."
In this way, Princess Wei had a clue and could take advantage of it to take advantage of it.
"This man has a chivalrous spirit. Many times, he would rather suffer a loss than let others do it." Yang Xuan felt that King Wei could do such a thing.
Zhou Ning's feet were a little messy, and Yang Xuan quickly supported her, "Walk slower. Next time I'm not at home, remember to ask someone to follow you."
Under the eaves not far away, Yi Niang and Aunt Guan stood together. Yi Niang smiled and said: "My wife could jump easily before, but now she is so fragile. This is a woman who knows how to live her life!"
Aunt Guan said with a smile: "No, no matter how talented this woman is, she still has to give her man a chance to show his masculinity."
Over there, Yang Xuan asked: "I've always been curious. Does the emperor not care if a family of five surnames has placed people everywhere?"
The two people who came today are from Yang Songcheng's line. They are just from the household department. There is also a general posted at the right guard.
Zhou Ning held his arm and said: "Zitai, this world is very big. It is too big for the emperor to control them all. There are so many officials in the world, but the emperor has so few confidants. With so many official positions, he has dozens of confidants at most.
, so what about the remaining official positions? Are they just vacant?"
Yang Xuan felt like he was a dick.
"Therefore, the emperor hoped that all the people in the world would be loyal to him, but he could not get it, so he built up momentum to make the people of the world respect him."
"yes!"
Fear does not bring loyalty, but after fear, one will naturally not dare to betray easily.
"This is the next best thing. However, there are too many vacancies in the world, and the relationship between the five surnames of the family is complicated. Through marriage and other means, it has become a behemoth. Those people have extraordinary origins and have been officials for generations... In this way, the officialdom is naturally filled with them
people."
Yang Xuan figured out many things at once, "This alone shows how powerful the family is."
Not so powerful!
Even the emperor can only choose to cooperate with such a huge force!
Zhou Ning smiled and said: "You are not rebelling, so why do you care about this?"
I'm not rebelling, I'm just asking for rebellion... Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Yes! I'm not rebelling!"
"Zitai, why do you smile so fakely?"
"Is it fake? I smiled so sincerely!"
The next day, Yang Xuan went to Zhoushe, and he would set off later.
Aunt Guan accompanied Zhou Ning to look at the account book and suddenly said: "Madam, I will learn that Lang Jun went out that night and led Chenzhou's army to surround and kill a group of good guys."
"Well!" Zhou Ning looked down at the account book.
Aunt Guan said: "That night, Yang Songcheng's men planned to intercept and kill Princess Wei."
"Um!"
"Madam, Lang Jun has offended Yang Songcheng's people several times, and this time he ruined their good deeds and formed a deadly feud. If the King of Yue succeeds to the throne in the future, Lang Jun will not be able to escape..."
"Um!"
Aunt Guan smiled bitterly and said, "Look at what I said, it made my wife feel bad."
A bad mood will affect the child in the belly.
Zhou Ning put down the account book and looked up at her.
"He is my husband and the father of my future child. He has always treated me very well. I will do whatever he wants to do for him. No matter what it is."
…
The motorcade was vast and slowly left the city.
"I've seen the envoy!"
A caravan was preparing to enter the city. After encountering the caravan, they hurriedly took shelter by the roadside. When the merchants saw Yang Xuan, they hurriedly saluted.
"Is this sheepskin?" Yang Xuan picked up a piece of sheepskin and looked at it, then lifted it up and looked at the sun a few times, "This leather is good."
The businessman smiled and said: "We agreed to give it to the merchants in Chang'an. Those merchants are all smart people. They will complain about some flaws and then lower the price."
"They are all human beings!" Yang Xuan patted the merchant on the shoulder. The merchant bent down happily. After Yang Xuan left, he said proudly: "Mr. Yang patted my shoulder."
Diao Ji looked at this scene thoughtfully.
Deng Xu was punished by Zhang Xu and King Wei that day. Today his cheeks are slightly swollen, but his expression is calm.
The convoy left the city and headed all the way to the grassland.
"Why not come to Chenzhou?" Uda asked.
The old thief said: "This is what was promised to Beiliao, so I will naturally send it to you."
"Beiliao is too greedy." For Uda, it is impossible to hand over what has been put into the bag.
"As a human being, you must keep your word." The old thief was reading a book on morality recently and couldn't put it down.
Pan Zheng said: "Master, do you think this... is useful?"
The old thief said: "In our line of work, we often go in and out of tombs. There is a lot of yin in there, and there are some mourning for the dead, so it will be contaminated with unclean things."
Pan Zheng shivered.
"No need to worry." The old thief said calmly: "After you come out, take a good look at these books. They are all words of sages, every word is precious, and every word is filled with supreme merit. Reading it can drive away the yin energy."
Pan Zheng quickly asked for a copy, and after reading it for a while, he asked: "Master, can you do something to ward off the evil?"
"Yes!" the old thief said, "Back then I also invited people from outside the country to do things."
"Is it better than studying?"
"Um!"
Pan Zheng felt that Master was really knowledgeable, "Master is willing to study to get rid of it, which shows that he is eager to learn."
"No!" The old thief shook his head, "I just did the ritual once."
"Why? Could it be that the removal was not done well?"
"Okay, but it's too expensive."
After leaving the city, Yang Xuan sent out scouts.
"Cheer up, everyone."
We only brought a thousand cavalry with us on this trip. After giving the order, the scouts went forward to search, and many people came to the left and right.
"Very cautious." Deng Xu had stayed in Chang'an for a long time and was a little uncomfortable with this tense atmosphere.
Diao Ji nodded, "In the past, Northern Xinjiang said that he was a famous general, and I thought it was just to build momentum. Later, he became famous in the Southern Expedition, and this man's reputation skyrocketed! Huang Chunhui said that there is a successor in Northern Xinjiang!"
"What's the use of gaining fame?" Deng Xu smiled and said: "He has offended the father-in-law and the king of Yue. At the moment, the father-in-law is busy helping the king of Yue, so he has no energy to deal with him. However, it will be difficult to say in the future."
"This person is a bit weird." Diao Ji said, "He saved the imperial concubine, but also alienated the imperial concubine."
"Always alienated?"
"No, I knew him before I came here. When I came to Taiping County, he was the help of the imperial concubine and his sister."
"Taiping County was a dangerous place back then, wasn't it? The imperial concubine brother and sister brought him here..."
"He was just a county captain at the beginning. Do you think the concubine and his sister would do their best for a county captain?"
"That's right! He's just a county captain. The concubine and his sister are focused on the lower ranks. How can a county captain, a small person like an ant, do their best? The magistrate of Taiping County is more of a perfunctory and superficial person."
"But to say that this person is resentful because of this, I don't think so. So, why did he alienate the imperial concubine?"
"I don't know."
In the eyes of these two people, once the powerful man's thigh finds an opportunity to hug him, he will not let go even if he is killed.
In the afternoon, the scouts brought news of the discovery of the Beiliao scouts.
"You didn't take action, did you?" Yang Xuan asked.
The scout said: "They shouted loudly and even took out their bows and arrows."
Diao Ji was startled, "So cruel?"
Deng Xu said: "Beiliao is inherently vicious."
Diao Ji said softly: "Let's see how the people in Northern Xinjiang responded."
Deng Xu smiled and said: "People in Northern Xinjiang often say that our guards in Chang'an are watchdogs. Today I want to see what they are!"
Yang Xuan looked ahead and saw no sign of the Beiliao scouts, so he asked easily: "How to deal with it?"
The scout said: "The villain led his brothers to surround them from the left and right, and the nearest one almost stabbed their necks with a horizontal knife."
"here you go!"
Diao Ji glanced at Deng Xu and was extremely shocked.
Northern Liao was ferocious and barbaric, but now it seems that the Northern Xinjiang Army is not bad either.
The key is that Yang Xuan's reaction to this almost provocative move was encouragement.
Looking at the normal expressions of those people, it was obvious that this was not the first time such a thing had happened to Yang Xuan.
General is the courage of a soldier.
The master will encourage his subordinates to provoke, and his subordinates will naturally be full of courage.
A group of scouts came back and brought with them a small official from Northern Liao.
"Shilang Liu of the Ministry of Finance came here with a team. After learning that it was Yang Shijun, I asked Yang Shijun to meet him tomorrow."
"Easy to say!"
Then set up camp.
Helianyan also came. After setting up camp, she looked north and couldn't help but think of her years in Tanzhou.
"Miss your uncle?"
Yang Xuan came over and asked.
"I think." He Lianyan said, "After all, I have survived under his wings for many years."
"Then you still hate him?" Yang Xuan felt that he had become a screenwriter of a romance drama.
"It's not hate." He Lianyan shook his head, "It's a sense of relief. I was left to be raised by the emperor's uncle when I was still young.
During those years, I lived in a miserable state in the palace. When I was ten years old, one day when my uncle saw me, his eyes lit up and he said..."
say what?
This king happened to be missing a daughter. This girl looked cute, so I kept him since then.
"The emperor said that this is a naturally beautiful embryo, take good care of it... moisten your eyes!"