Grabbing a thin stick, the little one staggered closer to the charcoal basin.

"Little bell, you can't play with fire! Small children play with fire and wet the bed at night. Lu Bu shook his head with a smile and pulled his daughter back to his side.

"Has the general ever heard of the Zhang family?" The joke whispered, the flames fiddling in his eyes.

Lu Buhu, who was teasing his daughter with his fingers, asked, "Is it the Zhang family in Taiyuan?" ”

Xi Ce nodded and said slowly: "On the day that Little Bell turned one year old, Zhang Feng came to me and said that he wanted to buy two thousand war horses. ”

"What does the Zhang family want so many war horses for?" Lu Bu frowned slightly, two thousand war horses were enough to form an elite cavalry battalion.

It is not uncommon for wealthy families to recruit guards and servants to settle down and protect their homes. But I've never heard of any family that would equip themselves with a cavalry battalion, which is obviously trying to do something!

"General, these war horses are not what the Zhang family wants, but our history of merging states. He didn't know where he heard the rumors, but he couldn't pull his face to beg, so he instigated the Zhang family to come and listen. ”

After Zhang Feng left Wuyuan, Xi Ce sent someone to follow him to investigate, and it didn't take long for a reply that the person standing behind the Zhang family was none other than Ding Yuan, the assassin of Bingzhou.

The thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except for the division to which Luoyang belongs, the remaining twelve states all have a history of assassination.

In the beginning, the duty of the assassin was only to patrol the counties, and he was not allowed to interfere in local affairs, and he used six edicts to picket lawlessness.

The so-called six edicts are: first, the strong sect is strong, the field house exceeds the system, the strong bully the weak, and the crowd tyrannical widow; Second, 2,000 stones do not obey the edict and abide by the canonical system, double the public to the private, keep the edict and keep profits, invade the fishermen, and gather for treachery; Third, 2,000 stones are not sympathetic to suspicion of prison, the wind kills people violently, anger is punished, joy is lewd reward, annoyance and violence, stripping Li Yuan, for the people's diseases, landslides and rocks, auspicious and false; Fourth, the two thousand stone selection office is uneven, Gou Ah loves, and the virtuous are favored and stubborn; Fifth, the two thousand stone disciples were arrogant and asked for the prison; Sixth, 2,000 stone violates the public and is stronger, and the goods are bribed, and the order is also cut.

The position of assassin is under the county guard and the captain, and the Yulu is only 600 stones, although the grade is lower, but he can correct officials who are higher than his own rank. Moreover, the excerpts of the assassination history do not need to be inspected by the officials appointed by the three dukes, and can be directly presented to the Son of Heaven.

Because of this, the county guards and county officials in various places were afraid of it and vied with each other, and some local officials even dismissed their seals and abandoned their officials because they offended the assassin history.

In recent decades, the power of the Assassin has been strengthened, and the rank of Assassin has been raised to the same level as the county guard of 2,000 koku.

During the two years that Ding Yuan served in Bingzhou, he won over more than half of the wealthy families, which was even better than the previous Zhang Yi.

"I have an extremely strong premonition that there will only be one between me and Ding Yuan in the future." After listening to the joke, the solemn look between Lu Bu's eyebrows was even worse.

Ding Yuan wanted to be a feudal official in Bingzhou, and sooner or later he would reach out to the barracks. And Lu Bu, after Nanyang was reborn, set a goal to make no one in the state above him.

Neither of them back down, and there is bound to be a war over who is the lord of the annexed state.

"Then who does the general think will be left behind?" Xi Ce touched his chin, and the gaze cast was full of playfulness.

"Naturally, it's me."

Lu Bu, who was slapping his daughter, spoke lightly, without the slightest hesitation, nor did he pretend to emphasize confidently.

Xi Ce was stunned for a moment, and even Guo Jia looked over, his fox eyes narrowed slightly.

The reckless man has a heroic spirit.

It's not obvious, but it's there.

In the cold winter wax moon season, Xi Ce's face showed a smile of spring breeze and willows.

That seed finally sprouted.

…………

The county watchman's house.

Wuyuan County Shou Yan Xin knelt in front of the desk, brushed up and swiped ink, dealing with local government affairs in the past two days.

Judging from his frowning brows, it was obvious that he had encountered a lot of troubles.

Since the Qiang people moved here, there have been a lot of big and small things, and they have been busy inside and out.

It is a good thing for the Qiang people to govern the Qiang, but the Qiang people are not familiar with the Chinese law, and there are a few Han people living in the county.

Fortunately, there is a long history and discipline to reconcile it, so that the contradictions can be calmed down again and again.

Not only that, the Southern Xiongnu in the adjacent Shuofang County to the east of Wuyuan have frequently disturbed and caused trouble in recent days. All because the Xiongnu envoy died at the Dongqiang sacrifice ceremony, and the Zuoxian King Xubu Guduhou, who learned of this, naturally couldn't swallow this breath and wanted to retaliate against the Dongqiang people.

In addition, this year's harvest in Gohara County is not good. Although the people did not starve to death, they were basically in a state of not having enough to eat, which made him the county guard also very sad.

"Fourth brother, are you still busy?"

Outside the mansion, Lu Bu crossed the threshold with Xiao Lingqi in his arms and walked into the hall.

Seeing Lu Bu coming to visit, Yan Xin exhaled, put aside the affairs in his hand for the time being, looked at Lu Bu and teased: "What, my little sister is willing to let you out?" ”

If Lu Bu is the one who can listen to the most, the first must be Yan Wei, and the second is the drama. Now, I may have to add a one-and-a-half-year-old Lu Qiling.

It is also an interesting thing that the dignified Saibei flying general was actually eaten to death by three people who were powerless.

"Little bell, I haven't seen you for a while, and I've grown a lot taller! Come, let my uncle hug me. Yan Xin stretched out his hand, the little guy obviously recognized Yan Xin, and obediently opened his little hand, letting Yan Xin hold her from Daddy's arms.

"Fourth brother, seeing that you are sad, have you encountered something annoying?" After sitting down, Lu Bu asked.

Speaking of this, Yan Xin sighed, since it was a family, there was no need for him to hide it from Lu Bu, and said loudly: "It's not that the Huns who made trouble, in the past two months, they have always been provoking on the edge of the county, and they have injured a lot of Qiang and Han people." ”

Yan Xin endured this again and again, after all, it was not easy to drive out the Xianbei people, and what Wuyuan needed now was peace and tranquility, not the resumption of war.

Lü Bu was able to return to Bingzhou, and it was also because of the turbulent situation of the Xiongnu that the imperial court sent him back to sit in the town.

"Fourth brother, I know you don't want to provoke a war between Han and Hungary, but there are some things that cannot be connived at."

People are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden.

The more indulgent, the more the Huns will gain more inches.

More than 100 years ago, the Huns were divided, and some of them moved south thousands of miles away to seek refuge in the Han Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court was atmospheric, and directly lent Shuofang County to them to live in, and gave them grain and grass materials every year to support them.

And now, these Huns really regard Shuofang County as their own one-third of an acre.

"In a few days, I will go to Shuofang County for a walk, not to mention that I can quell the civil strife, at least let them know whose territory I am spreading wilderness."

If you don't like to live, just pack up the bed and let me get out!