Chapter 281 New journey

Mu San followed Fang Jie with a tray in his hands. He was happier than Fang Jie Xiao. The tray was covered with a new viscount crown uniform and a token of the fifth-grade Ranger General. This was the emperor's reward, and it came a little suddenly, which could be regarded as a surprise to Fang Jie.

I originally thought I would get nothing, but who would have thought I would return with a full load.

The real titles of the Great Sui Dynasty were princes, princes, dukes, county dukes, county dukes, county marquis, town marquis, county marquis, county marquis, town marquis, county marquis, town marquis, county marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis, town marquis. All of the county marquis all have their own fiefs, and the people they belong to do not need to pay taxes to the court. Those who are granted the king have their own fiefdoms and can have their own private soldiers, but the number of people shall not exceed the limits of the court, otherwise it will be considered a serious crime of treason.

In addition to the prince, prince, and each title is divided into third-class.

For example, the highest Duke of the State is the first-class Duke of the State, and the lowest is the third-class Duke of the State. Fang Jie was named viscount by the emperor, not a county, but a first-class township. Originally, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the sixth-class real titles all had their own fiefs, but this decree was abolished during the reign of Emperor Taizong. The reason was that many meritorious officials were named real titles every year, which means that some people would no longer pay taxes to the court every year.

At the beginning, no matter how many heroes of the founding country were, they were counted. However, later, the descendants of these heroes all had titles. In just twenty years, the people with real titles were more than ten times that of the beginning of the founding of the country. Shortly after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he abolished the rule set by Taizu and re-designed it as a county marquis or above to have his own fiefdom. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, those who were changed to a county marquis could only have their fiefdoms and fiefdoms.

Although Fang Jie's first-class villager is not considered a very high title, as long as he is a real title, it means that he has escaped from a poor family.

"I congratulate you to Lord Xiao Fang."

Mu San smiled and said as he walked, "Oh, look at my broken mouth, I will respect you as Master Fang in the future."

Fang Jie smiled and shook his head: "I don't have a red envelope for you today, no matter how sweet your mouth is, it's useless."

All he thought about was what the emperor said just now. If the emperor's reward surprised him, then after hearing the emperor's errand, he would not feel anything unexpected. For this errand, the emperor must explain a decent identity to Fang.

It's just a top candidate in the martial arts academy, but it's not very good at it.

He didn't talk much with Mu San along the way. He saw that Fang Jie was worried, so Mu San simply stopped talking, but he was glad that he was proud of his good vision. If he had been away from Fang Jie when he was imprisoned, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get in touch with this hot little Lord Fang now.

It is never as good as a timely help.

When Fang Jie returned to the shop, he was so dark that he could not see his fingers. When he got off the carriage, Fang Jie still gave Mu San a silver note with a large denomination. Mu San did not refuse this time and simply accepted it neatly. Fang Jie stuffed the silver note to Mu San every few days, but he just didn't want to have any emotional involvement with him. It would be better to just put the relationship between them on the interests level. It is nonsense to have feelings with the eunuchs.

Chen Qingshan and others saw Fang Jie come back and stand up one after another. Fang Jie rubbed his frown brows and smiled at everyone: "Guess what gift the emperor gave me?"

Mu Xiaoyao looked at his expression and couldn't help but sigh: "No matter what gift the emperor gave you, it was not as heavy as the gift he asked you to give him."

Fang Jieli smiled bitterly: "You are the only one who is smart."

Chen Qingshan smiled and said, "It's all written on your face. Tell me, what is the emperor asking you to do? "

Fang Jie leaned on the chair and stretched his body hard. Mu Xiaoxiao walked behind him and raised his hand to rub his shoulders. Fang Jie smiled gently at her: "It's not a bad thing. At least it's easier than playing hide-and-seek with Prince Yi. And it happens to be a place I'm interested in, so I wanted to go. This time the emperor asked me to go there and spend public funds to eat, drink and have fun all the way, and there seemed to be no discomfort."

"Then you still frown?"

Chen Qingfan asked.

Fang Jie said: "The key is that I really want to go to that place, but it's not the time. It was at least several years earlier than I expected."

"where?"

"Southwest of the Great Sui Dynasty...Yongzhou."

Hearing this sentence, Mu Xiaoyao and others' expressions changed. She subconsciously looked at the big dog, but found that Fang Jie and Chen Qingfan were actually looking at her. Mu Xiaoyao's hand froze, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes. Fang Jie kept staring at her, and this fleeting fear did not escape Fang Jie's eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Fang answered the question.

Mu Xiaoyao shook his head: "I'm just surprised. We escaped from the southwest. Although we haven't been to Yongzhou, I feel a little uncomfortable when I think about the places I have visited. Why do I have to go to Yongzhou? The emperor asked you to meet Luo Yao?"

Fang Jie said with a huff: "I don't know if Luo Yao took the wrong medicine, but he actually wrote a letter to ask His Majesty to give him a marriage. He wanted His Majesty to betroth the grown-up eldest princess to his son Luo Wen... What good things did Luo Wen do in Chang'an City? Don't he, a father, know? At this time, he sent someone to ask His Majesty to give him a marriage... Luo Yao didn't know what abacus was going to do."

"What are you going to do?"

The big dog couldn't help asking.

Fang Jie said: "Your Majesty said that because the eldest princess is his most beloved daughter, even if he wants to go southwest, he will send someone to see the environment, climate, customs and other things in the southwest first. After reporting it truthfully, he will discuss with the eldest princess. If the eldest princess is unwilling, there is nothing to say. Now the important officials in the court are busy, and the emperor remembers me as an idle person. So he granted me a title of first-class village and a false position as a fifth-rank cavalry general."

Chen Qingshan was silent for a while and asked, "Don't the emperor want to marry the eldest princess to Luo Yao's son?"

Fang Jie nodded: "Of course I don't want to... If I want, why make such arrangements?"

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Fang Jie took a sip of tea and moistened his throat: "Although I don't know what Luo Yao sold in the gourd, it is inevitable that he has no kindness. The northwest war was defeated and Chang'an was in chaos. At this critical moment, Luo Yao sent someone to Chang'an to ask His Majesty for marriage. On the surface, he felt that his status was not high enough, so he wanted to be a royal relative. To put it more deeply, it was not necessarily a test of anything."

Chen Qingfan said, "The emperor asked you to go, just to see the customs and customs?"

Fang Jie nodded: "That's what he said, it's nothing more than dragging me. The emperor gave me half a year, saying that he hadn't wandered in Yongzhou for half a year before he came back, and immediately put me in the cage of the Da Neiwei Guard. Half a year... Half a year, the emperor would be enough to mobilize people from all over the Sui Dynasty. At that time, the emperor would personally fight to pacify the northwest. The eldest princess's marriage would naturally be dragged on. When the northwest was pacified...will the emperor still be afraid of Luo Yao?"

Big Dog said: "I understand, Luo Yao just wants to take advantage of the situation."

Mu Xiaoyao shook his head: "It's not such a simple thing. Everyone knows that the most elite troops of the Sui Dynasty were the sixteen guards. The most elite of the sixth guards were the left vanguard stationed in the southwest. Because the left vanguard has never stopped fighting and he uses troops to the barbarians every year. Although the scale is not large, the left vanguards fought in turn, and the soldiers were always murderous intent."

"But when the emperor used troops to the northwest, he did not mobilize his troops from the southwest. This time the northwest was defeated, and the 700,000 troops were destroyed by the rebels. It would be a matter for the emperor to try the emperor if he wanted to mobilize troops. Luo Yao must have known about the defeat in the northwest, so he came up with such a way to test the emperor."

Fang Jie rubbed his nose and smiled, "Anyway, the emperor does not trust Luo Yao as much as he looks, and Luo Yao is not as loyal as he looks. So this trip is easy and not easy. If Luo Yao really has some intention to plot against, our trip will be in danger."

"Do you go?"

Big Dog asked.

Fang Jie said: "Go, of course I have to go... I just said that even if there is no such thing, I will still go to Yongzhou in southwest sooner or later. I originally planned to go there in a few years after I have the ability to protect myself. But now that I have this opportunity, I will just go ahead."

"just in case……"

The big dog murmured: "What if Luo Yao really has the intention of being unjust?"

Fang Jie looked at the big dog and said seriously: "Then we will leave our lives to you, and then your nose will be more sensitive."

The big dog smiled bitterly: "I thought Prince Yi would have a good rest after the rebellion, and I would have to travel thousands of miles to the southwest."

"Not to hurry up."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "It's a delay. It's not too hurrying or too delaying along the way. It takes two months to get to Yongzhou. It's four months. We only need to stay in Yongzhou for two months. Didn't the emperor say that we should take a look at the customs, culture and environment in the southwest? Then go around and take a walk as a tour of mountains and rivers. It's not difficult to get through two months. Even if Luo Yao really has any dirty thoughts, we could escape back then, but now we are much stronger than before. Can't we escape? Besides... we have people from the emperor's sect to follow us this time."

Mu Xiaoyao's expression was still a little weird, although she could control it, it still seemed a little unnatural. Fortunately, Fang Jie and Chen Qingfan stopped staring at her, which made her feel relieved.

"Since you have to go, you have to prepare."

“There is nothing to prepare.”

Fang Jie said: "This time the emperor gave two super bodyguards. If they use it well, they will be unparalleled in the world. If they don't use it well, they will be like raising two poisonous snakes. Maybe they will bite it back."

"Chen Hum Chen Ha?"

Chen Qingfan was stunned for a moment and asked.

Fang Jie nodded: "It's those two live treasures..."

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Station

There were lights on in the innermost room, and four strong men stood outside the room like nails. These four people could tell at a glance that they were from military martial arts, carrying a cold murderous aura on their bodies. At the entrance of the post station, there were also four strong men standing there pressing the hilt of the knife. The cold air emitted by the body made the post station dare not approach.

A middle-aged man with a medium figure, slightly thin but looking a bit concise, in the room picked up the wick with a needle, and the room suddenly became brighter.

He looked back at the man sitting aside, and said in silence for a while: "What does Your Majesty mean? You still need to send someone to the southwest for a long time before coming back?"

"No sure."

Sitting on the chair was a man about 25 or 26 years old, about 1.8 meters tall, with wide shoulders and thin waist. He could tell at a glance that he was a powerful general. Although he was wearing regular clothes instead of armor, the military temperament that he had only ever struggled on the battlefield was particularly clear.

This man looks like a jade-like face and looks great.

The middle-aged man who looked about forty years old had a much ugly appearance. And there was a long scar on his face. Judging from the length of the scar, you can imagine how severe the injury would be. If the injury was slightly more tilted, his right eye would be destroyed.

The young man said, "It's the truth that the emperor loves the eldest princess. Maybe he's really worried that the eldest princess will not adapt to our life in Yongzhou. Originally... he had to stay in Chang'an as a son, but the general only had a son like the major general, so he definitely hoped to stay by his side. Even if His Majesty did not reject the general's request, it would be great if he sent someone to the southwest to take a look."

"Hope so"

The middle-aged man was silent for a while and said, "Lu Ou, I found out that His Majesty seemed to have handed over the trip to a new talent named Fang Jie."

The young man named Lu Ou said, "I have heard of this person. He is said to be a talented guy. However, since he is from a military military, he should not be as pedantic as those literati."

"I plan to meet this little Lord Fang tomorrow."

The middle-aged man smiled: "Although the marriage between the eldest princess and our major general is not high, it cannot be considered a decisive role, and it cannot be underestimated."

"You go."
Chapter completed!