Although Taicang Mansion is within the jurisdiction of Emperor Xin, strictly speaking it is still some distance from the border. Just because it is relatively close and the excellent geographical location makes it a town responsible for the logistics supply of border officers and soldiers.
It's just that the Turkic intrusion on Dali has become more and more severe in the past two years, so Taicang City has become less safe than before.
The original purpose of Di Xin and his party staying in Taicang Mansion was just to take the opportunity to repair for a few days after traveling for too long. It just happened to be a meeting, and the officials here wanted to give the future Zhenguan General a show of authority, so Di Xin
He took this opportunity to place his own people in the command department.
Moreover, having his own personal guard commander watching here can also ensure that there will be no problems with his logistical supplies.
After another two days of repairs, when everyone's energy was basically restored, Di Xin no longer wasted time and chose to set off.
The day before departure, Emperor Xin sent someone to summon Ouyang Xuan again.
Although Ouyang Xuan still did not agree to belong to Emperor Xin, he agreed to temporarily become the new commander of the personal guard, and the condition was that he was allowed to return to the front line.
The original commander of the Guards was a warrior from the late acquired period. As time went by, the strength of the Taicang Mansion was not reduced, so the commander Ouyang Lie also agreed to the matter.
In fact, now that Di Xin has spoken, Ouyang Lie has no ability to object.
On the second day, a group of people left Taicang Mansion in a mighty manner.
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"Your Highness, the Qinglong Stream is in front of us."
Ouyang Xuan rode up to the carriage and leaned over to introduce him.
He has now taken off his official uniform and put on the uniform of a guard commander. The sword on his hip swings gently with the movement of the horse.
In the carriage, Di Xin was chatting with Xizi. Hearing this, he opened the side curtain of the carriage and ordered: "Let me know and have a rest at Qinglong Stream."
"yes."
Ouyang Xuan tapped the horse's horse with the whip in his hand, accelerated slightly to overtake the carriage, and gave Di Xin's order.
Qinglong Stream. According to Ouyang Xuan, it is not clear how this name came about. It is one of the few water sources in this windy and sandy land. After passing Qinglong Stream, it will become more and more desolate.
When you get to the real borderland, there won't even be a hint of green within a hundred miles.
It is also the only resting point on the road from Taicang to the border area.
The convoy of nearly a thousand people soon stopped at Qinglong Stream, either burying pots to make rice or replenishing water sources, and soon became busy.
Di Xin had not gotten off the carriage since he left Taicang Mansion. He was so quiet that he put down his book temporarily and took Xizi to get out of the carriage to relax. Ouyang Xuan, as a half-local, naturally followed.
"Along the river, further down is a huge pool, which is the best resting point. But there are too many people and the luggage makes it too troublesome to get down."
As Ouyang Xuan spoke, he raised his finger and pointed to the depths of Qinglong Stream and said: "In the past, during the hottest time of every month, the animals around here would go to that pool to drink water and cool off. Many generals in the army would take advantage of it when they had nothing to do.
Come here to hunt at this time, and take part in the Tooth Festival."
"It's just that for some reason in the past few months, there have been fewer and fewer prey in Qinglongjian, so most of them have gradually given up this sport."
Di Xin heard this interestingly and turned around and asked, "Have you ever been here hunting before?"
"Of course I've been here before."
Since leaving Taicang Mansion, Ouyang Xuan has no longer been depressed, and now he laughs when talking about this: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I have won several lottery prizes."
"Luck?"
"It's just about who has the most fights. The winner can take something from the loser. It's not anything expensive. They just want to make each other happy."
Ouyang Xuan saw that Di Xin was interested, so he selected a few more interesting events and slowly told them.
Di Xin was actually not as interested as he showed. What kind of entertainment projects had he not seen when he was in Dashang? In terms of tricks, the former King Zhou was unmatched by most people in the world.
Chatting with Ouyang Xuan now is just to kill time.
But unlike Di Xin, Xizi's eyes lit up when he heard it.
For the same reason, most of Xizi's knowledge was gained from books, with very little real experience, and there were no interesting entertainment projects in ordinary small villages. Now what Ouyang Xuan is talking about are things she has never seen before.
read more, walk more.
Under the education of her father, Xizi has completed the process of reading thousands of books, and now is the process of traveling thousands of miles. She is now like a sponge, constantly absorbing all the information she comes into contact with, and then integrating it with what she has learned
Combined.
Di Xin had already discovered it along the way.
Whether it's politics, military, commerce or agriculture... the conversation between the two people along the way, although Xizi's opinions are unique and interesting, after all, some parts are full of fantasy and are not very consistent with reality, including agriculture because he was once a farmer.
The reason is slightly better.
But as time goes by, and as she gains more experience along the way, her words become less and less false, and her suggestions become more feasible.
Di Xin is naturally happy to see this happen, and the better Xizi becomes, the more help he will receive.
correct."
Ouyang Xuan was halfway through talking when he suddenly remembered something: "Your Highness, the case that Cha Si left Taicang Mansion to deal with is related to Qinglong Stream. It's right there in the water pool."
"oh?"
Di Xin raised his eyebrows, this time he was really interested.
The Inquisition Division is in charge of justice and has the responsibility of supervising all officials. This responsibility means that even if the Inspection Division in various places needs to cross-handle cases or assist each other, it is impossible for them all to leave.
But now, there are only two or three big cats and kittens left in Taicang Prefecture's Anchasi, which can only barely maintain the normal operation of Anchasi. There is not even one person who can really make the decision.
Otherwise, the officials of Taicang Mansion would not have dared to blatantly show off to an orthodox prince who was far away from the dynasty as soon as he entered the city.
"Please tell me the specific situation in detail."
"The specific subordinate position is not particularly clear. This is a case of the Inspection Division. Most other divisions mainly assist, and I was not in Taicang Mansion at the time. I heard all this from my colleagues."
Ouyang Xuan subconsciously pressed the waist knife on his crotch and said: "More than a month ago, someone reported that there were several corpses in Qinglong Stream. At that time, the person who reported the case looked horrified, as if he had seen something horrific."
"Your Highness, the borderland here is already chaotic, and it is even more common for people to die. Not only us, but also ordinary people are used to seeing dead people, and those few people are also famous local hunters. This should not be the case.
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Di Xin could feel that when Ouyang Xuan said this, his pupils shrank violently and his whole body became tense.
To be able to make such a print appear on a late acquired martial arts cultivator shows that this matter is definitely not simple.
Sure enough, Ouyang Xuan smiled bitterly and said dryly: "At first, some people laughed at Orion's performance, but after the government officials came here according to Orion's guidance, everyone's performance was not much better.
go."
"There were five corpses in total, all turned into mummies, as if all the blood had been sucked out of their bodies in an instant."
"and."
Ouyang Xuan said: "According to people who were in contact with the case at the time, those dead mummies were martial arts cultivators during their lifetime."