Luo Cheng didn't want to participate in the formal talks, he also went back to the post house to rest first, Zhang Gongjin sat down in the inner hall, Zhang Xuan let people serve tea again, Zhang Gongjin said apologetically: "Last month, the governor of my family received a letter from the general, but there are too many things, and there is no time to carefully consider the general's suggestion, so it took a month to reply, please forgive the general!" ”

"Has the Governor considered it now?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Zhang Gongjin nodded, "Gao Kaidao occupies Liaodong and poses a great threat to Beiping County, my governor originally wanted to send troops to fight twice, but he did not send troops for various reasons, General Zhang proposed to join forces to crusade against Gao Kaidao, of course it is a good thing, but my family governor is puzzled, how does the general plan to send troops?" Could it be that it was killed directly to Beiping County? ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "My army will go north by boat, but I don't have many ships, so I can send up to five or six thousand troops, so I hope to join forces with Luo Dudu to deal with Gao Kaidao, as long as Youzhou is willing to send five thousand troops, together with my army, we can wipe out Gao Kaidao." ”

Zhang Gongjin said softly, it turned out that Zhang Xuan was going to go north by boat, no wonder he could kill Liaodong, but Zhang Gongjin was still a little puzzled in his heart, and he asked again: "Why is the general eager to destroy Gao Kaidao's army?" In contrast, we think that Dou Jiande, Gao Shida, and Lu Mingyue pose the greatest threat to Qingzhou, and Gao Kaidao is far away in Liaodong, and it seems that he cannot threaten the general for the time being. ”

Zhang Gongjin asked the key, Zhang Xuan can't fight with Liaodong at present, how could he suddenly care about Liaodong? Even if Gao Kaidao is exterminated, the army occupying Liaodong is still the Youzhou army, does he Zhang Xuan still want to control Liaodong?

Zhang Xuan had already prepared, and he said lightly: "We have received accurate information, Gao Kaidao has secretly surrendered Goguryeo, and he occupies Liaodong. In fact, Goguryeo occupied Liaodong, and once Goguryeo sent troops, it would seriously threaten the security of Hebei, so I think that Goguryeo should be solved first and prevent Goguryeo from sending troops to Liaodong. What a mistake! ”

Zhang Gongjin's face turned red, he understood the sharpness of Zhang Xuan's words, implying that they had collusion with Gao Kaidao, Zhang Gongjin hurriedly explained: "The general may have misunderstood, Gao Kaidao did not enter Liaodong from Beiping County, he took Yuyang County to bypass Lu Longsai and enter Liaodong, where we had insufficient troops and weak defense, so we were exploited by Gao Kaidao." ”

How to get to Liaodong in Gaokaidao. Zhang Xuan had already sent someone to find out clearly, and he didn't want to tear his face with Zhang Gongjin for the time being, so he didn't mention the matter anymore, and asked as soon as the topic changed: "I don't know when Luo Dudu is going to send troops and how many troops will be sent north to Liaodong, can Zhang Changshi make it clear?" ”

Zhang Gongjin's face was hot, and he smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the general, and the governor of my family has weighed it again and again." It was decided not to send troops to Liaodong for the time being. ”

Zhang Xuan's face sank, "Why is this?" ”

"First, the governor of my family doesn't quite understand General Zhang's intention to send troops to Liaodong. Although the general has just explained the reason for sending troops to Liaodong, this is not the main reason why we do not send troops, the main reason is that Youzhou is under great threat, Lu Mingyue, Bohaihui, Dou Jiande and Gao Shida are eyeing Zhuo County, and secondly, Shanggu County also has the threat of Wei Dao'er and Wang Basu, they have more than 100,000 troops. And we only have more than 20,000 people, once we send troops north, Zhuojun will have an empty force, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the bandits from all walks of life taking advantage of the situation, and Youzhou will be dangerous. ”

"So the Governor of Radhu decided to reject my proposal to send troops?" Zhang Xuan said coldly.

"It's not a refusal. Instead, weighing the pros and cons, Gao Kaidao is not a big threat to us, relatively speaking, it is urgent to exterminate Wei Dao'er and Wang Bashu in Shanggu County. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Gongjin bowed down and saluted, "Please forgive the general!" ”

Luo Yi's refusal to send troops was expected by Zhang Xuan, Luo Yi had secretly colluded with Gao Kaidao, how could he send troops to exterminate Gao Kaidao, even if he reluctantly sent troops, it was to drag himself back, it should be that Luo Yi didn't believe that he could exterminate Gao Kaidao, so he shirked and didn't fight.

In fact, this is Zhang Xuan forcing Luo Yi to show his attitude, he has to gag Luo Yi's mouth before sending troops, lest he frame himself to the court again, Zhang Xuan has to let Luo Yi know that he knows the relationship between him Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao.

Zhang Xuan groaned for a while before he said slowly: "If Luo Dudu is really unwilling to send troops, I will not be reluctant, but if I defeat Gao Kaidao, I will garrison Liaodong to defend Goguryeo, I hope that Luo Dudu will not be too sensitive at that time." ”

"This"

Zhang Gongjin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, he felt that they had fallen into the trap laid by Zhang Xuan

Luo Cheng and Zhang Xuan's wife Lu Qing are actually cousins, they grew up together since childhood and have a very close relationship, and Lu Qing is also very concerned about the marriage of her cousin Lu Yun and Luo Cheng, so she always mentions Lu Yun intentionally or unintentionally when Luo Cheng speaks.

"That crazy girl always said that she wanted to come to see me and stay with me for a while, but the road was not very safe, so the family didn't worry about her coming, why didn't Yulang bring her with him this time?" Lu Qing looked at his cousin with a smile.

Luo Cheng was holding his little cousin who was a few months old in his arms, with a wry smile on his face, he didn't like his cousin Lu Yun, but why was everyone asking themselves about her, did he have any obligations to her?

"This ...... I haven't seen Yunmei for a long time, and I don't know much about her situation. ”

"No, it won't! Yun Mei wrote a letter two days ago and said that she had just met Yulang, how could Yulang say that she hadn't seen her for a long time? ”

Luo Cheng squeaked and didn't know what to say, he suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot about the big thing." ”

He took out a gold box from his arms and handed it to Lu Qing, "This is a gift from my mother to the child, and it is a little bit of her heart." ”

When Lu Qing heard that it was her aunt's gift to her child, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened it, and suddenly exclaimed, it turned out to be a rare jade pendant.

I saw that the size of this piece of jade was similar to that of a child's palm, the whole body was golden, without a single flaw, and it was as fine as agar jade liquid, and there was a faint trace of warmth in my hand.

Luo Cheng said a little proudly: "This is the best in topaz, I'm afraid it doesn't even exist in the palace, it was obtained by my father when he conquered the Khitan ten years ago, and it has been treasured by my mother, even I am reluctant to give it, this time I will give it to my cousin and nephew as a meeting gift." ”

Topaz itself is a rare thing, and the best in topaz is even more unimaginable, but Lu Qing was born in a family and looked at this kind of treasure relatively lightly, but her aunt's heart moved her very much.

"Then please ask my cousin to thank my aunt for me."

"No problem!"

Luo Cheng was afraid that his cousin would mention Lu Yun's matter again, so he quickly changed the topic and smiled: "What about your husband, why haven't you come back yet?" ”

"I'm here!"

As soon as Luo Cheng turned around, he saw Zhang Xuan walking briskly from the hall behind him with a smile, and he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Big brother, I'm sorry, I'll come over to visit my nephew first." ”

"Huh! It's all a family, and there are not so many rules. ”

Zhang Xuan took his son casually and said with a smile: "Little fatty, let Daddy hug him!" ”

The little guy was sleeping soundly in Luo Cheng's arms, but he was suddenly woken up and immediately burst into tears, Zhang Xuan was in a hurry, "I'm your father, don't you even recognize your father?" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lu Qingjiao glared at him with disgust, hugged his son, and the little guy entered his mother's arms, immediately stopped crying, and soon fell asleep sweetly again.

"Let's talk! I took the kids to the backyard. ”

Lu Qing smiled again and handed the gold box to Zhang Xuan, "This is Yulang's gift to the child, husband take a look." ”

Zhang Xuan opened the gold box, carefully looked at the topaz in the box, and praised it repeatedly: "This is really a good thing, thank you." ”

"It's nothing, this is actually my mother's talisman for the child, you can wear a red rope to hang around your neck, and it has a strong ability to ward off evil spirits."

Zhang Xuan nodded, handed the gold box to Lu Qing, and smiled at Luo Cheng: "Let's go out for a walk!" ”

The two rode out of the mansion and walked out of the city, followed by a dozen soldiers from afar, and when they came to the outside of the city, the endless waves of wheat were gone, and countless peasants were busy planting corn or beans in the empty fields.

Luo Cheng stared at the field for a long time, and he sighed lowly, "Brother Zhang, I really don't want to go back." ”

Zhang Xuan understood Luo Cheng's distress, and smiled slightly: "But he is your father!" ”

Luo Cheng couldn't help but sigh, he was a person with a strong sense of justice, but his father was an unscrupulous careerist, and what made him even more unacceptable was that his father was not only a member of the Bohai Society, but also secretly colluded with the alien Goguryeo, which made Luo Cheng not hate, how could he not be distressed, he went south this time, to a large extent, he wanted to leave Youzhou, leave the father he looked down on.

Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said to him slowly: "I won't persuade you now, when one day, you really make a decision to follow me, I will definitely welcome you warmly." ”

Luo Cheng nodded silently, he understood the deep meaning of Zhang Xuan's words, after all, it was his father, but he also really hoped that the day would come when he would fight side by side with Zhang Xuan. (To be continued.) )