Coming out of the Thorn History Mansion, Guo Song and Xue Changshou rode side by side, Xue Changshou said slowly: "Zhang Wenlong has been secretly wearing small shoes for Xie Changzhi, the relationship between the two is not compatible, when Jun first came, there were many rumors that were unfavorable to Jun Jun, I dare not say, it was Zhang Wenlong who planned behind his back, but it must have something to do with him." ”

"What kind of mentality is this person?" Guo Song asked coldly.

"It's very simple to say, this person claims to be the head snake of the land, and has always been more repulsive to foreign officials, when the envoy did not come, he fought with Xie County Ling, Xie County Ling was born poor, he looked down on him, and sent silver to Xie County Order several times in the name of the Leng family, as long as Xie County Ling received it, it would fall into his trap, fortunately, Xie County Ling was more self-disciplined, and several times he was unsuccessful."

"Does that mean I'm here and he's targeting me again?" Guo Song said lightly.

"After the envoy defeated Xue Yantuo's army, he didn't dare to go against the envoy again, what he showed was passivity and slackness, there was almost no county lieutenant in Jiuyuan County, he went to Lingzhou this time, I heard that he went to Lingzhou Ji'en Temple to burn incense, and he didn't ask anyone for leave at all, and Xie County had no way to take him."

Guo Song glanced at him strangely, "How do you know these things?" ”

Xue Changshou smiled bitterly and said: "I often go to treat people, so the news is relatively widespread, these things were told to me by the father of the county Cheng Wang Liao the day before yesterday." ”

"It seems that there will be thorns in every place, do you think it is more appropriate to deal with this Zhang Wenlong?"

Xue Changshou said: "The meaning of the humble position is to maintain the status quo, this Zhang Wenlong has not endangered the interests of the envoy at present, and taking him hastily will cause the dissatisfaction of the local wealthy families, so he will simply empty him, and transfer the functions of maintaining law and order, guarding the city gate and arresting bandits to the Jingluo Mansion, as long as he ignores the county, then there should be no such person." ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "I'm afraid that the existence of this person will be a hidden danger." ”

"There are such people everywhere, just guard against him, the head snake actually has a weakness, his family is in the local area, if the king is too strong, he is afraid that the king will be unfavorable to his family, which is why he has been relatively silent."

Guo Song nodded, "Then there is a chance for Xue to join the army and go to the Zhang family and the Leng family to hint at it, and make my attitude clear, everyone is okay with each other, if he wants to cause trouble, then don't blame me Guo Song is ruthless." ”

.........

Guo Song returned to the mansion, and as soon as he got off the horse, his maid Xiaoyu Niang greeted him, "Son, have you eaten?" ”

"Not yet!"

Guo Song suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten lunch and was so busy that he forgot about it.

"I'm really hungry, eat first."

Xiao Yu Niang smiled mysteriously and said, "It's ready, in the dining hall." ”

Guo Song walked quickly to the dining hall, the sumptuous meal was set on the table, the color and flavor were complete, Guo Song sat down, picked up a pancake, rolled the thick mutton foam and ate it, only to feel that it was extremely delicious.

Xiao Yuniang smiled and poured him a glass of wine and asked, "Childe, how does it taste?" ”

Guo Song was eating a piece of roast rabbit meat, which was fragrant and smooth, and he praised it repeatedly: "Not bad! Today's cake is good and delicious, what's going on? ”

Xiao Yuniang was extremely proud, "Childe hasn't asked who did it yet?" ”

"This is not Sister-in-law Zhang's craft, could it be that Sister-in-law Li has learned to cook?" Guo Song knew that it was the little lady in front of him who did it, and deliberately teased her.

Xiao Yu Niang's mouth pursed, "Why don't you want to think that I did it?" ”

Guo Song laughed, "If it is made by Xiao Yu Niang, I will be blessed in the future, I can eat the good dishes made by Xiao Yu Niang every day, why haven't I seen you do it before?" ”

Xiao Yu Niang said a little twisted: "I didn't do well before, I have been practicing my cooking skills for the past few months, and I finally dare to try it today." ”

"Good cooking! I decided to open a top-notch restaurant in Jiuyuan County, and you will be in charge of the cooking. ”

Xiao Yuniang was taken aback, "Childe doesn't really want to open a restaurant, right?" ”

"What do you say?"

Guo Song was hungry in his belly, so he stopped joking with her, so he sat down at the desk and ate it........

After dinner, it was already completely dark, and at this time, Steward Liang walked into the dining hall quickly and said, "Son, General Li is here, it seems that there is something urgent." ”

Guo Song walked out of the dining hall and came directly to the front yard, only to see Li Ji waiting in front of the shadow wall with two soldiers.

Seeing Guo Song coming out, Li Ji stepped forward and said, "Envoy, the two brothers who went to Sijie have returned. ”

Only then did Guo Song recognize that it was the two scout soldiers he had sent to deliver the letter to the Sijie Division.

He then instructed Steward Liang, "Take these two soldiers to dinner first, and then come to the lobby to meet me." ”

The two soldiers saluted Guo Song and followed Steward Liang.

As Guo Song walked, he asked, "How is the situation in the Sijie Division?" ”

"The two soldiers reported that the Sijie Department had sent troops, and the 10,000 Sijie cavalry Chen soldiers were on the border with Xue Yantuo, Xue Yantuo was very nervous and sent someone to negotiate with the Sijie Department."

"Then did Xue Yantuo gather an army?" Guo Song asked again.

"Of course, before the arrival of the Sijie Division, the Xue Yantuo people gathered their troops, and it was likely that they were preparing to attack us again, but it could also be for other purposes, and the intention was unknown, but after the Sijie Department pressed the border, the Xue Yantuo people really didn't dare to act rashly."

The two walked into the lobby and sat down, and the little fish lady served them tea.

Li Ji asked: "Last time Yan Xiangguo came, how did he say about the alliance with Tubo?" ”

Guo Song smiled faintly: "In fact, the source of this matter is still in us, we defeated the Tubo coalition army of 20,000 people in Anxi, Tubo and Tuyuhun began to turn against each other after that battle, of course, that incident is just an introduction, the real reason for the opposite purpose is that the contradiction between the two is becoming more and more acute, listen to Yan Xiangguo said, Tubo has been reckless in these years, and the national strength has dried up, so he will put heavy taxes on Tugu's body, Tugu is unbearable, several times he resisted taxes by force, killed the Tubo tax envoy, and robbed the cattle and sheep of the Tubo people, Tubo felt that raising tigers had become a problem, and Tuyuhun had become a threat, so Tubo sought an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to destroy Tuyuhun. ”

"What is the attitude of the imperial court?"

"The imperial court is now divided into two factions, one faction is headed by Xiangguo Changgon, advocating that he and Tubo join forces to destroy Tuyuhun, and the Tang Dynasty seized the Hehuang region to pave the way for the restoration of Hexi's homeland, and the other faction is dominated by Xiangguo Han Rong, who advocates supporting Tuyuhun and promoting Tuyuhun and Tubo to fight infighting, let them kill each other, weaken the strength of both sides, and now the two factions are very controversial and do not give in to each other, and the court has not made a decision for the time being."

"Which faction does the envoy support?" Li Ji asked.

Guo Song smiled slightly, "Actually, I support Chang Xiangguo." ”

Li Ji was stunned, "I thought that the envoy would support Han Xiangguo." ”

"The situation is very delicate, Tubo came to make an alliance with us, in fact, it is a temptation, if we are unwilling to meet the alliance, then Tubo will definitely change its attitude towards Tuyuhun, from suppression to co-optation, Tubo will never give the Tang Dynasty the opportunity to use Tuyuhun to weaken it, we think very beautifully, but others are not fools.

On the contrary, with the alliance with Tubo, Tubo has no worries, and will definitely attack Tuyuhun with all his might, at this time, some profiteers privately sell weapons to Tuyuhun, I think it must be unavoidable. ”

Li Le laughed and gave Guo Song a thumbs up, "I think this profiteer must be Guo someone!" ”

"I wrote to the Son of Heaven to elaborate on my thinking, and let the Son of Heaven and the Xiangguo make the final decision!"

At this time, Steward Liang led the two scout soldiers up, and the two knelt down on one knee to salute Guo Song, "See Guo Yuanjun!" ”

"The two brothers have worked hard, please hurry up!" Guo Song hurriedly asked the two soldiers to get up.

Guo Song asked again, "How did you get the news of Xue Yantuo's people?" ”

The leader of the soldiers said: "Hui Yu envoy, it was Sijie Khan who told us that Sijie has ears and eyes inside Xue Yantuo, it seems that there are several small tribes that are biased towards Sijie, and if there is any movement of Xue Yantuo people, Sijie will know, Sijie Khan said that Xue Yantuo's army does have a plan to attack Fengzhou, but after they Chen soldiers border, Xue Yantuo canceled the plan, Sijie Khan told us so, and I don't know if it is true or false?" ”

"Does Sijie Khan have a letter for me?" Guo Song asked again.

"There's a message!"

The leader soldier said: "Sijie Khan said that he did not need the envoy's 10,000 stone of grain, but the 50,000 sheep he owed the envoy back then were written off. ”

Guo Song smiled dumbly, he forgot about this matter himself, but he didn't expect Sijie Khan to remember.