Zhang Xiaowu took the letter and saw that the letter was sealed with beeswax, indicating that Hu Sanwan had not opened it and did not know the contents. He frowned, why did Miss Tao give the letter to Hu Sanwan instead of himself?
, and told him not to give this letter to him unless Murong Yan wanted to harm him? What secret is hidden in this letter?
Hu Sanwan said again: "General, Miss Tao once told me before she left that this letter has a lot to do with one person."
"Who is it?"
"Cao Yan."
Zhang Xiaowu suddenly woke up and asked hurriedly: "Cao Yan? What else did she say?"
Hu Sanwan shook his head and said, "I didn't say the rest."
Zhang Xiaowu couldn't wait to remove the beeswax, opened the letter, and read it carefully. His brows were tightly knitted together, and cold sweat gradually flowed out of his head. He never expected that the poisonous lady Tao Zhiruotao, who he had a romantic relationship with,
Girl, actually
Her true identity turned out to be one of the eighteen guardians of the Tianhuo Sect. Cao Yan, the signing general of Lianglangguan, was poisoned to death by her. She was assigned by the envoy in blue, one of the four holy envoys, to prepare several medicines and give them to her.
He killed the envoy in blue, and Cao Yan died suddenly a few days later.
In addition to the leader and deputy leader of the Tianhuo Sect, there are four other holy envoys, namely the holy envoy in black, the holy envoy in white, the holy envoy in red and the holy envoy in blue. The most famous one is the holy envoy in black Xie Pengfei.
He led the rebels in Yuezhou to fight against the Suzaku Legion. The most mysterious one is the Holy Envoy in White. People in the world have only heard of his name but have never seen him. This Holy Envoy in Blue is usually active in the north of the empire and is also seen by Shenlong.
No end in sight.
The poisonous lady Tao Zhiruo turned out to be a rebel! Kill Cao Yan!
Zhang Xiaowu was violently shaken in his heart. How could he not have thought that Miss Tao was actually a traitor to the Sky Fire Sect, and one of the eighteen guardians of the Demon Sect who shouted for fights and killings in the world. No wonder she told Hu Sanwan not to believe this unless absolutely necessary.
After giving it to Zhang Xiaowu, Hu Sanwan also kept his promise and did not open the letter.
He knew that the imperial court hated the Sky Fire Sect. This sect was regarded as a demonic sect by the imperial court because they once assassinated the emperor, once encouraged Prince Ning to rebel, and even rebelled against the imperial court in Jiangnan. But he never expected that Miss Tao was also a member of the Tianhuo Sect.
He is a believer and one of the Eighteen Guardians. If this secret is exposed, then Wang Xiaojian, the Beggar Gang, Miss Zhu and even himself will be implicated.
He couldn't bear such a result, let alone the sacrifices of everyone, so he could only swallow the secret. He finally understood why Miss Tao left quietly, because she was a rebel and he was an officer. They were destined to
is the enemy.
Zhang Xiaowu stuffed the letter under the oil lamp and lit it. The letter quickly turned into a plume of soot and disappeared. This secret was actually of no use to him. Miss Tao handed the letter to Hu San.
Wan, it was not that she knew that Hu Sanwan was her confidant, but that the Sky Fire Sect knew that Hu Sanwan was responsible for inquiring about information.
In other words, the Sky Fire Sect knew him far better than the Jin Yiwei knew him. No wonder the Sky Fire Sect assassinated the emperor and rebelled in just thirty years. They indeed had such ability. He was suddenly afraid, if
If Tao Zhi was willing to marry him as his concubine, would he accept it? After thinking about it, he felt that he could accept it. The reason why he provoked Miss Tao again and again was that he actually had love in his heart and didn't know how to express it.
He was shocked in his heart, and finally understood why Miss Tao would leave without saying goodbye, and what she said to him before leaving. He speculated that the Sky Fire Sect should have asked her to use a beauty trap to get close to him, and to stay by his side as a slave.
Concubines are good, so that they can use themselves or spy on information in the future. However, Tao Zhiruo is not willing to do this. She is not willing to be false, nor is she willing to betray Zhang Xiaowu, let alone harm him, so she leaves without saying goodbye and returns.
Yaowang Valley lived in seclusion.
"This silly girl." Zhang Xiaowu smiled bitterly in his heart.
"General, I'm going down," Hu Sanwan said.
"Lao Hu?"
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing's wrong, it's too late, please be safe."
"Okay."
Looking at Hu Sanwan's leaving figure, Zhang Xiaowu felt a little complicated. His opponents before were just the visible Canu Yi tribes, but the opponents he would face in the future were invisible villains.
He knew that one day he and Murong Yan would become rivals, because after the imperial city was fortified to the north, they would naturally become enemies because they were both border troops. The rule of the Holy Han was that half of the border army's salary was paid by the imperial court.
Half of the money was paid by the local government, so most of the border troops sat in the area, and the border army garrison generals were the top local administrators, such as General Saibei and the prefect of Lianglangguan.
The biggest income of the frontier army was the money from entering and exiting the country. Of course, the frontier army also often resold goods to earn money to support their families. The reason why Murong Yan impeached Zhang Xiaowu was because the imperial court extended the border to the north of the Great Wall, causing Lianglang Pass to become a
Out of Neiguan.
Previously, merchants traded with foreign merchants in the two wolf cities, but now that Saibei has been included in the territory, the merchants have changed their trading location to Mucheng. As a result, the Wolf Guards are unable to collect large amounts of fees and taxes. They will inevitably obstruct or even impose heavy taxes on the merchants.
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And if Lianglangguan curbs trade, it will naturally get stuck in Zhu Mucheng's neck. In this way, the two sides will form a natural antagonistic relationship. The biggest contradiction between the two sides is that they are both border troops and need to raise part of their own military pay. The existence of both sides has led to
We must fight for the gold.
"The mistake is that we set up two frontier armies in such a close place." Zhang Xiaowu stared at the map and smiled bitterly. There were nine frontier armies in the Holy Han Empire, namely Lianglangguan Langwei, Xuelongguan Xuewei, Yueyueguan Yuewei,
Longmen Pass Longwei,
Yumen Pass Yuwei, Tianhe Pass Tianwei, Butterfly Pass Diewei, Guashan Guawei, and Saibei Ghost Guard. Among these nine border armies, except for the Ghost Guard and Wolf Guard, which are close to each other, any other pass is no less than a hundred miles apart.
No competitive relationship can be formed.
Previously, Zhang Xiaowu was able to form a partnership with Murong Yan for two reasons. The first was that Murong Yan needed to use Zhang Xiaowu to deal with Cao Yan, but now that Cao Yan is dead and Murong Yan is in charge of the Wolf Guard, his attitude immediately changed;
The second is that Zhang Xiaowu had previously taken the military expenses of the Qinglong Army, so the Ghost Guards did not lack money and food, so they did not need to collect fees and taxes, thus allowing Mucheng to gradually regain its vitality.
What can happen later?
Wooden City will not collect fees and taxes for the time being, so traders will naturally be willing to trade in Wooden City, and Two Wolf City will become depressed from now on.
Zhang Xiaowu does not need to consider the pressure of money, but Murong Yan cannot. After all, Murong Yan's Wolf Guard has 20,000 soldiers, and his monthly salary is 5,000 taels, while Zhang Xiaowu only needs to spend 2,000 taels per month.
It's enough.
Therefore, when Zhang Xiaowu commanded the troops in the northern part of the country, none of his men had any thoughts of rebellion or betrayal. Moreover, Zhang Xiaowu was neither stingy nor generous to his men, with clear rewards and punishments, and his soldiers would never worry about pay issues. In modern terms,
, this boss never owed employees wages, nor did he find any reason to withhold wages. He even gave bonuses every holiday and organized team building activities every holiday. How could employees not be loyal to the boss?
"Murong Yan, old dog, since you don't give me face, I won't make it easy for you either." Zhang Xiaowu said with a cruel smile.