Liu Xiu wanted to follow Liu Xuan to see the lieutenant, but before he could speak, Liu Xiu raised his head and said, "Ah Xiu, you go with Hongyuan." ”

"But big brother ......"

"Even if you go to the Governor's Mansion with me, they won't let you in." Liu Xuan has seen Du Wei, of course he knows what kind of person this Du Wei is. Now it is rare for Ah Xiu to have a relationship with the Ye family, a famous family in Hanzhong, and such an opportunity should certainly not be missed.

Under Liu Xuan's eyes, Liu Xiu could only follow Zhu Yun into the carriage, and Long Yuan also sat in.

Let's say that Liu Xuan and Feng Yi, after entering the city, went straight to the governor's mansion and asked to see the governor Tang Heng.

The two of them waited outside the government for more than half an hour before they were led into the government by a servant.

Tang Heng, the governor of Hanzhong County, is in his early forties, with a white face and black beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance.

Tang Heng was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, proficient in the art of war of sixty-three schools, and had a lot of research on prophecy, and praised himself as a Confucian general.

When he came to the lobby of the palace, the official asked Liu Xuan and Feng Yi to stand in the courtyard and wait, he went in to pass the ceremony, and after almost a cup of tea, Liu Xuan and Feng Yi were summoned in.

Entering the lobby, the two of them looked up, Tang Heng was sitting in the center, with a teacup in front of him, and a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, looking at it seriously.

Liu Xuan and Feng Yi glanced at each other, bowed to each other, and said, "Sima Feng Yi of the Righteous Army, Liu Xuan, the military candidate, see Lord Duwei!" ”

After waiting for a while, Tang Heng slowly put down the book in his hand and looked up at Liu Xuan and Feng Yi. He waved his hand casually and said, "Excuse me!" I heard that two of you have an urgent military situation to report to me? ”

Liu Xuan Zhengse said: "Back to Lord Duwei, the villain's subordinates have found a large number of hidden barbarians in the territory of Qianyou Mountain!" ”

Tang Heng first sighed, and then asked slowly, "Qianyou Mountain?" ”

"Exactly!"

"How many brutes are hiding there?"

"Up to five hundred!"

When Tang Heng heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and suddenly came to his senses, there are more than 500 barbarian soldiers hiding in Qianyou Mountain, this is indeed an important military situation!

He blinked, looked up and smiled, and said: "At present, the surrounding area of the county town is often harassed by barbarian thieves, and the gods are haunted, and the official has been looking for their hiding place, so they are all hiding in Qianyou Mountain!" ”

Feng Yi answered: "Lord Duwei, this matter is not simple! The subordinates suspect that there are far more than 500 barbarians hiding in Qianyou Mountain, and their purpose is not to harass the people of Hanzhong, but to sneak attack the county town! ”

Tang Heng was stunned when he heard this, and muttered, "Sneak attack on the county seat? After a pause, he suddenly looked up and laughed, and said, "Feng Yi, do you know how many soldiers there are in the county city?" ”

Feng Yi lowered his head and did not answer.

The corners of Tang Heng's mouth raised, and he said proudly: "There are 8,000 county troops, 2,000 righteous troops, plus 5,000 righteous troops outside the city, there are a total of 15,000 people, and only 500 barbarian soldiers, dare to come and attack the county town, won't people laugh off their big teeth?" Haha-"

Feng Yi frowned, and said: "Lord Duwei, the area of Qianyou Mountain is very wide, whether it is only hiding five hundred barbarian soldiers, it is still unknown......

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Tang Heng interrupted impatiently: "Then go and investigate clearly, and then report to the official." ”

Feng Yi's brows furrowed even deeper. He hurriedly said, "Lord Duwei, my subordinates are worried that it will be too late when the investigation is clear!" Hanzhong City is the place where the grain, grass and materials of the Beijing division army are hoarded, and it is very important, if the barbarian army wants to repel the Beijing division army, the only way out is to attack the Hanzhong city, and the Lord Du Wei should ask General Lian for help as soon as possible, and ask General Lian to send troops to garrison Hanzhong ...... as soon as possible."

Syllable!

Before he finished speaking, Tang Heng slapped the table and shouted in a deep voice: "Are you the captain of Hanzhong, or is this official the captain of Hanzhong?" The Jingshi army was fighting fiercely with the barbarian army on the front line, and at this time to ask General Lian for help, wouldn't it be suspected of disturbing the morale of the army? The main forces of the barbarian army are all in Yizhou, Qianwei, and Yueshan counties, how could they suddenly come to Hanzhong? The army has traveled so long distances, how can there be no rumors at all? It's just nonsense, alarmist! ”

Feng Yi's face turned red, and he said urgently: "My lord, the stakes are very high, life and death, I have to ......."

"Alright, Hugh is going to talk nonsense again." Tang Heng looked displeased and interrupted Feng Yi's words.

He turned his head to look at Liu Xuan, and said with a smile: "The information brought by Bo Sheng is very important, this official plans to personally lead the county army to exterminate the barbarian soldiers hiding in Qianyou Mountain, Bo Sheng, are you willing to go with this official?" ”

In Tang Heng's opinion, it was easy to wipe out the barbarian soldiers of only about 500 people with 8,000 county troops, and letting Liu Xuan go with him was to deliberately give him a share of the credit, which could be regarded as a reward for providing him with intelligence.

Before Liu Xuan could speak, Feng Yi hurriedly said: "Lord Duwei, you can't help it, our army is stationed in the county town, and it is still difficult to resist the attack of the barbarian army, if you take the initiative to attack, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Tang Heng had clearly shown his annoyance with Feng Yi's fingers, and when he heard that he was still saying this, his white face was gloomy and almost turned into a black face.

He waved down the sleeves of his robe and said categorically: "Early tomorrow morning, our army will go out of the city, and we must exterminate the barbarians hiding in Qianyou Mountain, and never suffer in the future!" Bosheng, you go back and prepare, and go out with this official tomorrow! ”

He had already given the order, and Liu Xuan didn't want to say anything, so he arched his hand and said, "Yes!" Lord Lieutenant! ”

"Let's go down!"

"The villain retires!" Seeing that Feng Yi still looked like he wanted to dissuade, Liu Xuan secretly pulled down his sleeve and turned around and walked out.

Looking at Feng Yi's back being pulled away by Liu Xuan, Tang Heng snorted heavily and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I have forgotten my own half a catty!" ”

When he got outside, Liu Xuan said: "Brother Gongsun, can't you see it, Lord Duwei has made up his mind, and no matter how much you say, it's useless!" ”

Feng Yi clenched his fists and said, "The enemy's situation is unknown, and it is a taboo for soldiers to attack rashly!" ”

Liu Xuan also understands this truth. However, what Feng Yi said was not based on real evidence, it was completely his own speculation.

Liu Xuan said: "Perhaps, as Lord Du Wei said, the barbarians hiding in Qianyou Mountain are only a few hundred stragglers. ”

Feng Yi smiled bitterly and asked rhetorically, "Brother Bosheng doesn't believe my speculation either?" ”

Liu Xuan said: "I don't believe it, it doesn't matter, the key is that Lord Du Wei doesn't believe it." ”

In Hanzhong, the military commander Tang Heng can call the shots, even if he is too shou Wang Xun, if he wants to take action militarily, he will also consult Tang Heng's opinion.

Feng Yi sighed, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lord Duwei is stubborn and self-serving, and he can't listen to persuasion, tomorrow's battle will probably be more auspicious!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xuan, and said: "Brother Bosheng, tomorrow's expedition, you can push it, you really can't get rid of it, don't rush to the front to take the lead, you need to stay in the back as much as possible to make a response, see that the situation is not right, you can retreat as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Xuan nodded and said, "Brother Gongsun, I wrote it down." He promised very well, but in fact, he didn't think that Feng Yi's speculation was necessarily right.

On the other side, Liu Xiu followed Zhu Yun to Ye Mansion.

Yefu is located in the east of the county town, which can be regarded as the rich area of the county town, and most of the houses in the east city are large and magnificent. And the house of Ye Mansion is the largest and most magnificent one in Dongcheng.

When he arrived at Yefu, he reported his name and surname, and the servants immediately went in to report it.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged man in his forties to walk out of the gate of Ye Mansion. He wore a small white jade crown on his head, a dark red robe with a collar, and a belt around his waist, and his figure was tall and straight.

If you look closely at what he wears, you will see that the small crown is made of a single piece of white jade, and the robe is made of expensive Shu brocade. Just his outfit is at least 100,000 yuan.

Looking at the face, the white face and black hair, because of good maintenance, the face is glowing with a layer of brilliance. The middle-aged man is also born well, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, and a bright gaze.

His whole person looks both elegant and extraordinary.

Zhu Yun saw this middle-aged man and reminded in a low voice: "Ah Xiu, he is Ye Gong!" ”

Liu Xiu stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said, "Junior Liu Xiu, I've seen Ye Gong!" ”

After the middle-aged man came out, his eyes kept falling on Liu Xiu, and he kept looking.

Liu Xiu is handsome, with a wide forehead, full of heaven, dragon eyebrows, and a high nose.

After seeing Liu Xiu's appearance, the middle-aged man nodded secretly, smiled and bowed back, and said, "Liu Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, please in the house!" ”

"Thank you, Ye Gong."

This middle-aged man is Ye Qingqiu's father, Ye Khotan.

Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, and Zhu Yun followed Ye Tian and walked into Ye's mansion.

Entering the lobby of the Ye Mansion, everyone sat down. Ye Khotan ordered the servants to serve tea, and soon, several servants walked into the lobby with teacups.

Ye Tian said happily: "This time the little girl is in distress in Tin County, if it weren't for Liu Gongzi's rescue, I'm afraid that it would be more than auspicious now." Ye would like to thank Liu Gongzi here! ”

As he spoke, Ye Tian got up and saluted Liu Xiushen.

Liu Xiu hurriedly stepped forward, held Ye Tian's arm, and said, "Ye Gong was too polite, and it was just a gesture at that time. ”

Ye Tian waved his hand to Liu Xiu, and the two sat down again.

He said: "Ye Mou's knees, there are five dogs, but the daughter is only Qingqiu, Liu Gongzi saved the little girl's life, which is equivalent to saving Ye's life, what reward Liu Gongzi wants, even if he proposes it, as long as Ye can do it, he will never shirk it!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yun's eyes suddenly became brighter, he turned his head to look at Liu Xiu, and muttered in his heart, Ye Tian is so generous, and the Ye family has a lot of money, he can be called the richest man in Hanzhong, how can he have to ask him for 200,000 or 300,000 yuan!

Liu Xiu felt very funny, when he rescued Ye Qingqiu, he never thought about asking for any reward, even if the person in distress at that time was not Ye Qingqiu, if it was someone else, they would also come to the rescue.

He smiled lightly and said: "I understand Ye Gong's kindness, we are righteous soldiers, and when we encounter people in distress, we should rescue each other, where the duty lies, the responsibility is unshirkable, as for the reward, the younger generation will not dare to accept it." ”

Ye Tian was stunned, and then laughed on his back. He slapped his face, and in the side door walked in a man dressed as a butler, still holding a tray with white coins on the tray.

When he walked in, everyone looked at it, and it turned out that the tray was full of dragon coins, 3,000 yuan for a dragon coin, and looking at the dragon coins on the tray, it was estimated that there were as many as 100 coins, that is, 300,000 yuan!

Ye Tian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi, this is 300,000 yuan, which is a little caution on the part of Ye, and I hope that Liu Gongzi will not be too little." ”