In Mingyue Tower, the banquet hall on the third floor, more than twenty strong soldiers were guarding the corridor. When the guests on the side saw the strong armor lined by these strong soldiers, they all walked away from the side with tactful talismans. The sound of a pipa was heard in the room, like a silver bottle breaking and a water slurry bursting out, and the iron cavalry burst out with swords and guns.

Everyone in the banquet hall showed a look of concentration and listening. All the senior officials of Zhuo County sat silently. The old man sitting in the head did not stop and nodded, which seemed to have aroused his thoughts.

After the song, everyone in the banquet suddenly came to their senses. After the curtains, Qu Yanran held the pipa and saluted to everyone slightly. The officials did not take the airs and applauded them together.

An old man asked with a smile: "Why did Mr. Xue forget his god?"

The old man smiled, looked at the officials, and waved his hand. The singing and dancing girls who were sitting were all aware of observing their words and expressions. They all stood up and saluted and then left the door. Everyone knew that the old man must have something to say, and they stopped the cup at the moment, and looked at each other with both hands.

The old man caressed his head and said, "Although singing and dancing are good, they are in a gentle place. Now the world's rebels are rising. Li Mi attacks the Eastern Capital very urgently. Dou Jiande is gradually becoming more powerful in Hebei, and Du Fuwei has become a climate in Jianghuai. As important officials of the court, we should share the worries for the king."

Speaking of this, the old man's words were already filled with solemn and murderous aura.

Of course, the officials also knew the current situation, but they were all local officials. The first thing they thought was how to keep the land of Zhuolu, the security of the family property, and the territory was not damaged by the rebel army.

The old man said, "I have received the emperor's will and will lead the left guards to march south along the canal to attack the rebel Li Mi on the side."

As soon as the old man said this, an official said, "Mr. Xue, you are the needle of Dinghai in our Zhuo County. You can't leave. If you leave, Zhuo County will definitely be captured by rebels."

"Yes, there is Li Chongjiu in the north of Zhuo County, Luo Yi in the east, Gao Kaidao in the south, Dou Jiande in the south, they are all eyeing each other. What if you leave, what should we do if all parties come to attack Zhuo County?"

"Zhuo County is the foundation of Xue Gong. If a large army leaves and Zhuo County is lost, the left imperial guards will become an isolated army."

The old man's words were opposed by all the officials. However, the old man was furious and said, "This is the will of the emperor. I will do it according to the imperial edict, so how can you change it? You are all officials of the Great Sui Dynasty. Eat the king's salary and be loyal to the emperor. If the court is gone, how can you keep your current job?"

When everyone saw the old man getting angry, they kept silent. Instead, they looked at a middle-aged man in the seat, hoping that he could say a few words.

When the middle-aged man saw Xue Shixiong getting angry, he knew that he would never contradict him at this time, otherwise he would have to backfire.

The middle-aged man took the old man's words and said, "Mr. Xue, what he said is very much. Without the court, how could the aristocratic family come to this day? The court must be the most important thing, let alone the emperor's imperial order."

The old man nodded, with a murderous aura, and said, "It would be better if Duke Lu knew the general idea. It would be great if Duke Lu was the whole court."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Mr. Xue praised me. He was not in the temple, and he was not in his position. If Mr. Xue didn't bother me, he would ask if Mr. Xue led his army south and was attacked by thieves in Zhuo County, how should the people of a county handle themselves? Haha, I have been a farmer for many years, and I have only had a few acres of thin land. This little thought makes Mr. Xue laugh at him."

The old man narrowed his eyes and said in his heart, who doesn't know that most of the land in Zhuo County is from the Lu family in Fanyang, and what kind of acres of thin fields are?

However, the old man thought that he really needed to give everyone an explanation. If his army left, it would be bad for such a person to catch fire in the backyard. Not to mention anything else, the army was out. If these people cut off their food routes, the 30,000 troops would collapse in a moment.

The old man said immediately: "Although I conquer the Eastern Capital, the emperor gave me the will to fight the thieves along the way at will. I will first settle down in Hebei, and then go south."

The officials nodded one after another. Dou Jiande, the Hebei rebel army, had the strongest momentum. Guo Xuan, the commander of Zhuo County, led 10,000 troops, but was defeated by Dou Jiande. Now that the Left Guards took action, there was no big problem. Who wouldn't know that this old man was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, and his 30,000 troops were all elite. It was easy to destroy Dou Jiande's 100,000 rammed people.

"As for Luo Yi, Li Chongjiu, Gao Kaidao and others, they are just ants. I don't want to send troops to wipe out."

The middle-aged man said immediately: "Mr. Xue, Luo Yi is a tiger and wolf. He has been peeping at Zhuo County for a long time. Gao Kaidao colluded with the Turks, so he should not be underestimated, but the most worrying thing is Li Chongjiu. He heard that this man is brave and good at fighting, and has the help of the grassland cavalry. In recent years, he has lost to Khitan, Song Jingang, and Luo Yi. Now even the Goguryeo people are in his hands. This man is better than Luo. Gao and the other ones are a hero and should not be underestimated."

When the old man heard the middle-aged man praise this, he sneered and said, "What is Li Chongjiu? He is just a thief. I killed such a man without 800 or 1,000 at that time."

The middle-aged man said, "Since that is the case, I wonder if Mr. Xue can leave 10,000 troops to sit here. In this way, the 500,000 people from Zhuo County are grateful to Mr. Xue for their kindness from generation to generation."

The old man shook his head. This proposal would not work at all. If the 10,000 troops stayed in Zhuo County, they would not know whether they would be surnamed Xue or not.

"Okay," the old man knocked his finger, "When you go back, you will organize your own rituals, and organize them into village soldiers. You can decide the number of people by yourself, and of course you must also provide your own money and grain." But as soon as this said, the old man secretly regretted it again, thinking that the Lu family and others had ambitions to allow them to build their own armed forces. Wouldn't this help to boost their power?

But after hearing what the old man said, the middle-aged man's eyes passed by joy, and he rushed to say, "Since that's the case, let's do as Mr. Xue wants."

While discussing the major matters in Zhuo County upstairs, Xue Wanshu downstairs invited Li Chongjiu to meet his father with great enthusiasm.

Seeing that Xue Wanshu was sincere, Lu Chengqing had to come forward to refuse Li Chongjiu.

Now that everyone is back in the seat, Lu Chengqing is still the first place, and Dugu Sanlang is even higher than Xue Wanshu. Li Chongjiu is not surprised now. Dugu Xiude comes from Dugu clans, one of the top major gentry among the Guanlong gentry. It can even be said that among the Longxi gentry, besides the Yang family, the Dugu clan is the most respected.

This shows that Lu Chengqing's friendship is not prominent at the moment, but these three second-generation scholars are the Xue family in Hedong, the Lu family in Fanyang, and the Dugu family in Longxi, but they represent the three gentry who are about the same status. That is, the gentry and the gentry have just dated together, and they are like people from poor families, and they will never have the opportunity to drink with them in their entire lives.

Everyone gathered and sat down, but Lu Qi looked at Li Chongjiu from time to time and showed a bit shy look.

Dugu Xiude was a little unhappy when he saw this, and of course he thought to himself: What good things do you have to know about this person? However, Xue Wanshu couldn't sit down after sitting down.

Li Chongjiu had some good feelings for Xue Wanshu, and asked immediately: "Does Brother Xue have any anxiety?"

Xue Wanshu smiled and showed a somewhat awkward look.

Lu Chengqing drank a glass and said with a smile: "Brother Xu doesn't know that he is waiting for the beauty to be anxious."

"beautiful woman?"

Dugu Xiude smiled and said to Li Chongjiuyan: "You are lucky this trip. Brother Xue has made an appointment with everyone in Qu many times, so he has the opportunity to get close to the beauty today. If you change to the wealthy business officials in Zhuo County, even if you have not seen everyone in Qu, you will be fine now and you will get a bargain."

Dugu Xiude's current meaning is clearly that Li Chongjiu is here today to benefit them.

Wen Yanbo smiled and bowed to Xue Wanshu and said, "Then we are really nagging, disturbing Brother Xue and the beautiful woman."

Xue Wanshu shook his head and said, "Don't listen to them talking nonsense. I respect everyone's folk art. But when is the friendship between you by chance, where does the beauty come from? Don't listen to Brother Lu's nonsense, because he has a bad idea."

"Don't explain."

While he was talking, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the door, and everyone's expressions changed. Xue Wanshu, who was supposed to be the most irresistible, was even stiff at this moment. However, Lu Chengqing smiled and said, "It must be that everyone Qu is here, please come in."

The last sentence was to say to the outside of the door, and soon a woman in light yellow clothes entered. Although the woman was very beautiful and charming, she was obviously a milf and was no longer young. Dugu Xiude had never seen Qu Yanran before, and was very disappointed at the moment, and said, "Are you Qu Yanran?"

The visitor burst into laughter, covered his mouth with a fan and said with a smile: "It's a misunderstanding. How can I be considered a composer in this way of Puliu in my family?"

Xue Wanshu came back to his senses and said, "Brother Dugu, this is Yunniang."

Xue Wanshu stood up and bowed and said, "I've seen Yun Niang."

Yunniang avoided her body and said with a smile: "I dare not, don't dare, everyone, Qu, ask me to accuse Mr. Xue, saying that she is not feeling well today and cannot come."

Yunniang smiled while talking, but when she said this, her eyes flew to Li Chongjiu, and she saw every reaction in her eyes.

Li Chongjiu was slightly disappointed when he heard that Qu Yanran could not come, but compared to him, the person involved Xue Wanshu trembled and asked in a daze: "Yunniang, tell me quickly, why are Qu in good health?"

Yunniang said, "Just just now, Yunniang played a song for General Xue in the private room on the third floor. After she was ambushed on the ten sides, she felt very worried. She had a headache again and was resting now."

"Ah, what should I do?" Xue Wanshu completely lost the calmness of the gentry prince just now and circled around the house.

Dugu Xiude hummed coldly, thinking that Xue Wanshu is really easy to cheat. He played with a woman in his palm, and he really disdained him to be with him.

At that moment, Dugu Xiude said proudly: "Everyone has a headache and should have cultivated himself, so there is no need to play it. But we come from afar. If we even meet everyone, we will not be able to see everyone. We will not come back empty-handed. I would like to ask Yunniang to inform you again, and I will say that Dugu Xiude of Dugu, Dugu, of Dugu, of Henan, is here, and I want to meet everyone."
Chapter completed!