A Yan Lianshan was shocked. "What? Isn't his father a sergeant in Beiting?"
"What sergeant? His father was a jade merchant. He was killed by robbers two years ago." Mei Er sighed, "He's really pitiful." Then he reminded, "You should be more discerning and stop exposing his scars. It's not nice."
"Jade merchant?" A Yan Lianshan was stunned for a moment, then roared at Zhao Xiu in front of him: "Zhao Xiu! You damn dog! You lied to me again!"
Zhi Tong said to Zhao Xiu, "Why did he scold you?"
"Did it?" Zhao Xiu scratched his ears and said, "Sand blocked my ears, so I didn't hear anything."
"Oh." Zhi Tong pointed to a river ahead and said, "That's the Ruoshui River. Go upstream for five days and you'll reach Yangguan. After passing Yangguan, you'll be in Anxi."
Zhao Xiu squinted his eyes and saw the water surface swaying gently, with golden ripples floating on the surface. Then he climbed up the river and looked up, and saw a fertile field. At the end of the field was his destination.
He listened to the curses coming from behind him and said in his heart: Lou Yunchun, Lou Yunchun, my life will depend on you by then.
————Big Cat Dividing Line————
Lou Yunchun had just arrived at the Hexi Governor's Mansion yesterday. Without taking a rest, he had a secret conversation with the Hexi Jiedushi Xiao Gu all night long.
At daybreak, Xiao Gu ordered the deployment of heavy troops to guard all the passes and reinforce the Great Wall defenses to prevent the Turks outside the Great Wall from taking advantage of the chaos to cross the border and launch a surprise attack. At the same time, he sent his personal guard deputy envoy to Anxi secretly to convey a message to the Anxi Jiedushi Wei Chifei, asking him to strengthen the blockade and defense of Guo Yuanzhen and prevent him from sneaking out.
After issuing the order, Xiao Gu returned to his room and saw Lou Yunchun had fallen asleep on the desk. He called out twice but failed to wake him up, so he quickly helped him to the couch and called a military doctor to examine him.
After examination, the military doctor informed him that Lou Yunchun was drowsy due to injuries and excessive fatigue.
"It's good that he's asleep. I'm afraid he hasn't had much good sleep on the way here." The military doctor and the medical attendant changed Lou Yunchun's dressings, sighing as they did so: "With such serious injuries, it's not easy for him to make it all the way here before collapsing."
They talked for a whole night. Lou Yunchun spoke fluently. Although he looked tired, he was in high spirits and no one could tell that he was injured.
Xiao Gu looked at the young man with admiration in his heart, so he said to the military doctor, "Leave one person to take good care of him, and go check on the people he brought with him. If they have any needs, do your best to meet them."
"Yes, General."
This is Xiao Gu's study. Xiao Gu did not ask anyone to move Lou Yunchun away, but instead had him stay here to recuperate after everything was tidied up.
Lou Yunchun slept for a whole day and night. After waking up, the military doctor gave him heavy medicine and forced him to lie on the couch for another two days before he finally recovered some strength and spirit.
Lao Duan and his brothers also lay in bed for two days, and after waking up, they kept guarding Lou Yunchun.
"Although your health has improved a lot, you still need to rest and avoid overworking yourself."
After giving a few instructions, the military doctor told the attendant to leave.
Lou Yunchun got off the bed and when he stood up he felt his body was heavy and his bones were creaking. He slowly did a set of punches before he felt relieved.
"Comfortable." Old Duan also threw a set of punches, then stepped forward to ask Lou Yunchun, "Is my lord okay?"
"Much better, how about the brothers?"
"I'm fine. I'm going to the military camp with the brothers from the Governor's Office to spar with them."
"Tell them not to bring shame to our Dali Temple."
"That's impossible!" Old Duan actually wanted to go, but he had to guard Lou Yunchun, so he stayed. "The eight brothers who followed the adults out are all top-notch fighters."
Old Duan was speaking excitedly, but when he thought of the three brothers who died in the battle, he couldn't help feeling sad.
Lou Yunchun patted Lao Duan's shoulder to comfort him.
Old Duan forced a smile and then asked, "Sir, now that we have arrived at the Governor's Mansion, what should we do next?"
Lou Yunchun walked to the table and poured water for each cup. Old Duan hurried forward to take the teapot and poured a cup for each of them.
Lou Yunchun took two sips to moisten his throat, then slowly said, "Go to Beiting and meet Guo Yuanzhen."
Old Duan sat down opposite him and whispered, "Aren't we going to..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck, "Why are we going to see him?"
Lou Yunchun's eyes darkened. "Send the imperial edict."
In order to make Guo Yuan vigilant, we cannot rely solely on the blockade of Hexi and Anxi prefectures, but also have to use the power of the emperor.
Before Lou Yunchun left the capital, the emperor personally wrote an imperial edict, ordering Guo Yuanzhen to return to the capital to report on his work. This was Guo Yuanzhen's last chance; if he obeyed, his life would be saved upon his return.
Be polite before using force.
If Guo Yuanzhen disobeyed the order, there would be only one way waiting for him - death.
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