After Mu Yan escorted Ye Xuan back to the city safely, he packed up and went to Jizhou, now it was already a day and a night of travel, seeing that the sun had sunk in the west, he beckoned Yuanqing to his side: "Another section of the road is the post court in front of you, you hurry over now and first implement the safety near your residence." ”

After Yuanqing immediately received the order to retreat, Mu Yan tilted his head and glanced at the group behind him who was already tired: "If you insist on walking for a while, you will be able to rest in the post court." ”

At present, the mountain road is winding and difficult to walk, Mu Yan's words are tantamount to boosting morale, and the eyes of the people behind him are really brighter, and they can even lift their spirits when they are walking.

About Mo Duo half a cup of tea, a group of people have already traveled to the outside of the post court, immediately the festival envoy has already heard that Kyoto sent a group of people to Jizhou, will stop at the post court halfway, Yuanqing arrived in advance when the post court has cleaned up a number of clean rooms.

Yuanqing waited outside the gate of the post court for a long time, and when he saw Mu Yan and his party approaching him, he stepped forward in a few steps: "Son, the wing room has been cleaned up, and we can indeed catch up with it tonight to rest here for the night." ”

Mu Yan nodded, quickly turned over and dismounted, and after the group placed the accompanying horses in the stable, they each tossed back to the wing room to rest, the number of people on this trip was a total of ten people, Mu Yan had a room alone, Yuanqing Tongxiang Qing and the two newly recruited guards had a side room, and the rest of the people lived alone in another room.

Yuanqing specially instructed that the wings be connected together, and at that time, even though it was late at night, they could take care of each other, so the Jiedu who guarded the post court arranged the three wings together.

When going out, Mu Yan mostly took some vigilance, and when he rested, he deliberately placed a dagger under the pillow in case of emergency, Yuanqing and Xiangqing waited for everyone to rest, and discussed taking turns to keep vigil outside to ensure Mu Yan's safety, Yuanqing was responsible for the first half of the night, and Xiang Qing was responsible for the second half of the night.

The night was peaceful.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiang Qing kept yawning outside the wing, holding on to the people passing in front of him, and after a while, Yuanqing pushed open the door of the next wing, stretched out his arms and stretched his waist, and saw Xiang Qing looking tired, and stretched out his hand to push him: "Hold on for a while, I will go and get food for my son, and then you will go and rest for a while." ”

Xiang Qing glanced at the sun that was trying to clear the clouds, and shook his head: "That's it, you go get breakfast, I'll stay here again, and we should hurry early after breakfast." ”

Yuan Qing did not delay, quickly took breakfast and turned back to the front of the wing, seeing that the door of Mu Yan's wing room was still closed, he whispered to Xiang Qing: "I haven't seen Gongzi get up late before, why is there no movement today?" ”

It was indeed too unusual, Xiang Qing leaned close to the crack in the door, and was about to listen to the movement inside, when the next moment the door was opened by Mu Yan from the inside, and he asked silently with a calm expression: "What are you two muttering?" ”

Yuanqing hurriedly held the breakfast plate with the red lacquer plate containing the breakfast and presented it forward: "Childe, I went to get the breakfast, you turn sideways first, and I will send it to you." “

Mu Yan sideways put the two into the chamber, then reached out and closed the door, and slowly walked to the table, Yuan Qing said to Mu Yan while testing the poison with a silver needle: "Son, it is inevitable that the food when you go out is a little shabby, and I have to wronged you today." ”

After the silver needle swam through the large and small dishes, Yuan Qing took back the silver needle, and Mu Yan pulled a round stool nearby and sat down, looking up at the two of them: "You two were guarding my door last night?" ”

Yuan Qing and Xiang Qing glanced at each other, and Xiang Qing replied after considering the words: "The two of us take turns to keep vigil, after all, this is not in Kyoto, if the two of us don't keep watch in person, it will be a little worried, is it okay for Childe to rest last night?" ”

Mu Yan picked up one of the jujube flower cakes and sent it to his mouth: "It's not good or bad, it's the same when you go out, you two take care of me and remember to take care of yourself, don't worry about me." ”

Although Yuanqing and Xiang Qing are subordinates, whenever they really talk to Mu Yan, they can also feel that Mu Yan puts himself on the same floor as them, this feeling has never been felt in Mu Jing or Mu Ze, maybe because the two have been following Mu Yan since they entered the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After the group finished breakfast, all the horses that were temporarily fostered yesterday were brought back, and they went on the road again, although the road from Kyoto to Jizhou can be said to be over the mountains and rivers, and there are many difficulties, but fortunately, the road is beautiful, and when you are sleepy, you can regain your spirit after a few glances.

It was already noon on the second day when I arrived in Jizhou, and the Jizhou Festival made the original invasion of the border Hu puppet intentionally or unintentionally have unconsciously turned gray, and when he saw Mu Yan coming to the door, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "You are Mu Gongzi, right?" The little one has been waiting for a long time, but it's finally waiting for you. ”

Mu Yan put the horses in the hands of Yuan Qing and let him settle them properly, before he picked up the words of the Jiedu envoy: "I am Mu Yan, you have been waiting for a long time, I have a certain understanding of the situation here when I came to Jizhou last time, so you can take advantage of the current situation to tell me about the specific situation, what is the so-called Hu people harassing the border?" ”

Jiedu made a sneer, stretched out his hand to guide Mu Yan, and the two walked slowly in front before he spoke: "That's the case, you also know that the border of Jizhou has always been not very peaceful, and recently it is probably because of the flood just passed, although there is no food dispute, but now the internal solid defense has not been re-established, so the Hu people feel that there is an opportunity." ”

When he came back to Jizhou, Mu Yan had studied the topography here thoroughly, especially a place by the river that was very easy for people to take advantage of, in fact, the military defense of Jizhou was not weak, but no matter how strong it was, it was only a strong defense.

The defense was very strict before, but due to the flood, part of the troops were dispatched to fight the disaster and provide relief, and now it is the moment for Jizhou to restore people's livelihood, no matter where the defense in the city is weaker.

After walking to the front hall, Mu Yan took the sheepskin map from Xiang Qing's hand and presented it to the Jiedu envoy: "Tell me, what are the places that have caused disputes recently?" I've thought of a way to put an end to this strife. ”

Jiedu leaned over and looked at the map carefully, circled several places on it with his fingertips, Mu Yan followed his pointing and looked all the way, and finally understood why the Hu people frequently instigated disputes, and the Xiongnu State was preparing to take advantage of the weakness of the Daliang border at this moment, so as to catch the lord of Daliang off guard.

The current abacus of the Xiongnu is full of calculations and knocks half of it, Jiang Chen's military defense of Jizhou after taking the throne is not as important as the previous emperor's reign, the original Xiongnu lord is still a little jealous because of the new emperor's ascendancy, but later found that there is no rumor in Daliang, he dared to attack repeatedly, ready to see what Jiang Chen is capable of.

Helplessly, he tried many times and never got any strong response from Jiang Chen, so he naturally regarded it as Da Liang, and now that the general trend has gone, the border can let them do nonsense.

After encircling a few important locations on the sheepskin map, the Jiedu envoy turned his head and asked: "I remember that before you came, the order from above was to let me receive the two sons, why is it that only Mu Gongzi is here now?" ”

At that time, Jiang Chen in the court did order him to rush to Jizhou with Qin Yinghan to solve the incident, but in a blink of an eye, it was really time to set off, Qin Yinghan was infected with wind and cold and was not suitable for traveling, and his face was even more sufficient, Jiang Chen listened to Lang Zhong's diagnosis, and remembered that he was not suitable to go out of the city because of the wind cold, so he ordered Mu Yan to come alone, and specially issued an order so that he could dispatch Jizhou's troops.

In this way, the gossip in the court stopped for more than half of it, Mu Yan stared at the sheepskin map for a long time, and replied concisely: "Gongzi Qin suffered from the cold, and the Holy Lord asked me to come alone, by the way, can you tell me about any new conditions in Jizhou in the past few days?" Do the Hu people still disturb the border? ”

"It's really a little bit less frequent." After pondering for a while, the festival envoy added: "However, recently, all countries have been eyeing Da Liang, and there are often small soldiers who come to the border to explore the truth and reality, and they have not provoked any more troubles because of the deployment of military defense." ”

Mu Yan bowed slightly, stretched out his index finger and pointed to the direction of a junction on the map: "This place can be strengthened now, no matter when there are more troops, it is necessary to ensure that the troops here are strong enough to reach all foreign invasions, this is the weakest place in the city now." ”

Originally, the junction was the core, but because the land was close to the river, it was inevitable that it would suffer some disasters during the flood, and if the military defense was not restored in time, it was easy to lose the wind without paying attention.

The Jiedu envoy looked in the direction he pointed: "The subordinates understand, so I will order the people below to do it, by the way, Mu Gongzi can have lunch?" ”

Mu Yan stared at the sheepskin map and muttered for a long time: "Forget it, put lunch aside for the time being, I will take some subordinates to take a look at the situation in these two places, if you happen to meet Hu Ren, it is good to negotiate." ”

One of the places he was referring to was the last time he personally went to the disaster relief, but now that there was a Hu infestation, and most of the people lived in the area were ordinary people, he could not delay for a moment when he came.

After Mu Yan explained the relevant matters of the Jiedu envoy, he set off again to go back to the place in the city to find out, Yuanqing led his horse to him, and after he climbed on the horse, and after the group walked a few steps away, he couldn't help but ask: "Childe, how credible are you saying that Jiedu envoy said?" ”

No matter where in the country, there are many unclear negotiations between officials from all over the country, and now Mu Yan has not been in contact with this Jizhou Festival a few times, and he is skeptical of what he said, but what he pointed out is indeed the key to this trip.

Mu Yan thought for a while, and shook his head frankly: "Now I don't know how much to believe, it's okay, let's find out the situation when we get to the places he said." ”

At the moment, if you don't know the local situation, it is obviously useless to say more, unless you really see the situation of the Hu people harassing the border, you can take the opportunity to define this matter, and it is the most correct choice to remain silent before exploring the truth.

Although there were only ten people in the group, it was inevitable that they would attract the attention of the people when they appeared rashly in the city, so Mu Yan deliberately found a horse shed to relocate the horses in order to carry out the follow-up investigation smoothly, and several people walked to the city to listen to the situation instead.

The crowd on the street, who did not know the truth, talked even more about their behavior of rushing into the city, but seeing their violent, they only lowered their voices very low when they discussed.

"Who are these people? It's been a long time since I've seen such a big formation. ”

"You don't know that, do you? I heard that it was because the Hu people had been harassing our territory recently, so the imperial court sent people to suppress it. An old gentleman who was telling a story on the street saw the situation in front of him before he spoke meaningfully.