Chapter 210: Changes in the Pattern (7)

It was already dark, and a concubine opened the curtains, and a light gray color appeared on the window paper. "Open the window too!" Cui Yuan whispered very tiredly. The concubine hesitated for a moment, but opened the window as he said. The cold and fresh wind immediately rushed towards her, washing the turbid air in the room.

Cui Yuanban lay on the bed and greedily exhaled fresh air, then gently pressed his temple, and his tired face gradually disappeared. He had not been asleep for a night, and the messenger sent by Zhang Huan made him think hard all night.

The letter was right next to his pillow, and the content was very simple, and it could not even be called a letter. It could only be regarded as a note, which roughly said that it was willing to slaughter the bandits for the court, etc.

The content is very simple, but what is interesting is not the letter itself, but the timing and object it sent. Cui Yuan certainly knew that Zhang Huan was not on a whim, nor was it a pleasing act to marry his daughter. He had other profound meanings.

If it were another person who came to see this letter, his first reaction would have been that Zhang Huan would betray Pei Jun and defect to Cui Yuan, but Cui Yuan didn't think so. He had been dealing with Zhang Huan for almost two years and had already figured out Zhang Huan's chess style. Cui Yuan knew very well that Zhang Huan had never defected to Pei Jun, and they just used each other.

Now that Pei's family is prosperous and Cui's family is weak, he will not help him in time, but instead help him. He defeated Zhu Fei just drew a cake for him, three, five or ten years, and he did not say anything about this, so his intention was definitely not the content of this letter, but to express his position to himself through this letter, and Zhang Huan will be neutral.

It should be so. Choi Yuan quickly figured it out, but the reason why Choi Yuan didn't sleep for almost a night was Pei Jun's visit yesterday. He had a intuition that he was afraid that Pei Jun was about to do something to him. Can Zhang Huan's letter be seen as a harbinger before Pei Jun took action?

At this moment, the butler ran into the house in a panic. He took a letter and said to Cui Yuan anxiously: "Master! The lady has just left the mansion, and she left a letter."

Cui Yuan was stunned. He took the letter and opened it in a few seconds. A line of beautiful small characters appeared in front of him. "My daughter has established Chunlei Hall in the Western Regions. I can't worry. Now I will follow Zhang Jun west again. I hope my father will take care of his health and don't worry about his daughter!"

'Zhang Huan is gone!' Cui Yuan was shocked. Zhang Huan arrived in Chang'an last morning, so why did she leave today? The daughter sent a letter late at night last night. It was because of this. Could it be that! Is his letter a warning to himself?

Cui Yuan's heart was in a mess. He was eager to stand up, but forgot that he could not stand up at all. Suddenly, he felt a violent dizziness. He shook his body and fell under the bed, knocking the tables beside him down, teacups and medicine bowls on it all fell to pieces. The butler and several concubines were panicked. They lifted Cui Yuan to the bed. Seeing that the master's face was extremely pale, he didn't have time to care about Cui Ning anymore, so he ran out of the room and ordered someone to ask the imperial doctor.

After a while, Cui Yuan slowly opened his eyes. He sighed softly and said weakly to the guards who were snatching into the house: "Go and find Cui Yu for me!"

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Twenty miles away from the west of Chang'an, Zhang Huan stood on a small hill with a grim expression, looking at the eastern horizon. A red sun was squirting out from the thick fog that spreads the earth. Tens of golden light reflected the red sky, and the red forests, and the vast forests were floating in the vast sea.

Behind him was the white-school-like Kraft. Two thousand cavalrymen were standing quietly in the cold wind in the morning. At this time, the fierce sound of horse hooves came from afar. Then, a large group of cavalry appeared on the official road two miles away. They galloped over, and a carriage was faintly mixed among them. After a moment, the cavalry group merged into the brigade. Zhang Huan shook the reins and urged the horse to gallop towards the carriage.

The curtain of the car was opened, revealing Cui Ning's beautiful and vibrant face. Her smile was as bright as the morning glow, and sadness no longer existed in her eyes. They looked at each other and smiled. At this moment, there was no need for any language. Their hearts were already connected, and thousands of words melted in a smile.

Zhang Huan raised his head and faced thousands of golden lights. A sense of pride rose from his heart. He waved his hand heavily and shouted: "Set off!" The team quickly started, and two thousand cavalrymen drove westward.

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About 300 miles from Chang'an to Fengxiang, according to the ordinary journey, it can be reached in two days. On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhang Huan's large group of people arrived in Fengxiang. At this time, it was almost dusk.

Among the army transferred by Cui Yuan to Shu, there were 30,000 troops stationed in Fengxiang. The troops were completely wiped out in Shu, and the new army had not yet been added. At this moment, Fengxiang's defense was very weak, with less than 8,000 people. Due to the scarcity of troops, all the troops were concentrated in the two strategic areas of Fengxiang City and Sanguan. Its subordinate counties, such as Mei County, Chencang County, Qishan County, etc., had almost no garrison.

Because Cui Qinggong was dismissed, the current Fengxiang Jiedushi was appointed as the former deputy Jiedushi Li Mo. When Zhang Huan's team of troops was about five miles away from Fengxiang City, Li Mo personally brought hundreds of cavalry to greet him.

He had received a letter from Cui Yuan's flying pigeon, ordering him to let Zhang Huan go back to Longyou, but he was not allowed to enter Fengxiang City, so he could only walk around the city. However, even without Cui Yuan's order, Li Mo would still let Zhang Huan go back to Longyou. In the bordering Kaiyang County, there was a battalion of Zhang Huan, with about 10,000 people. In Longxi County, west of Kaiyang County and the original county to the north, there were 10,000 troops each. Even in Jincheng County, to the west, there were tens of thousands of troops directly under Zhang Huan. Such a dense army garrison Li Mo was afraid of it. He knew very well that it would be easy if Zhang Huan wanted to take Fengxiang.

"Envoy Zhang went to Beijing to report his work a few days ago, why did he come back today?" Li Mo came up and asked with a smile.

Zhang Huangong bowed and smiled, "I really can't rest assured, so I rushed back."

As he said that, he looked at the sky and smiled, "It's getting late, and I plan to rest in Fengxiang for a night. I don't know if it's convenient."

"I came to Zhang Jun to discuss this matter." Li Mo said in embarrassment: "It's not that I don't want the envoy to enter the city, but the morale of the army in the city is unstable. I'm afraid that Zhang Jun's entry will cause trouble, so if Zhang Jun wants to rest, can he go to Guo County or Qishan County?"

"It's okay." Zhang Huan smiled, and asked casually without saying a word: "Why are the morale of the army in the city unstable?"

"Oh!" Li Mo sighed heavily and said, "I'm not afraid of the lord's jokes. So many people died in Shuzhong. There were many of their families living in Fengxiang City. It has been a while since the chaos. It has been difficult to calm their emotions with a heavy pension. But yesterday, the news came that the pension for the soldiers who died in Hanzhong has been reduced, and each household can get fifty stakes, but each household in Fengxiang County only pays ten stakes, which is several times different, which has caused strong dissatisfaction among the military and the army. I have written to the court and ask the court to give an explanation."

Speaking of this, Li Mo was already worried. He sent a letter to Cui Yuan to confirm the matter early this morning, but there is no news yet. If there is no clear statement, the troops in Fengxiang City may have a mutiny.

Zhang Huan smiled coldly. It seemed that this was Pei Jun's arrangement. Although the pension standard was set by the Ministry of War, the money was allocated to Taifu Temple by the Ministry of Revenue. In order to find an excuse to send troops to Fengxiang, he used the means of deducting the pension for Fengxiang's military subordinates to cause trouble in the army. Of course, things would not be that simple. Pei Jun must have an insider in Fengxiang's army, which incited chaos at critical moments.

"Since General Li is inconvenient, I would rather obey orders and go to Guo County to rest overnight." After that, Zhang Huan ordered the army: "Let's go south, go to Guo County." The brigade of troops turned around when they heard the order. Zhang Huan smiled and bowed to Li Mo, and then led the army to the south.

Guo County is about ten miles away from Yong County where Fengxiang City is located. It is close to the Qinling Mountains. The terrain is complex, the official roads are fluctuating and inconvenient to walk. The large group of people walked quickly for nearly an hour before finally reaching Guo County.

Guo County is a large county in Fengxiang Prefecture. It has five or six thousand households and a population of tens of thousands. The county magistrate is Chen. He is over thirty years old and is also a Jinshi. He has been in Guo County for three years and is quite famous. After hearing the yamen runners, he hurried out of the county town to greet him. "Secretary of Guo County, Chen Ying, please see Zhang Envoy!"

"Please exempt the gift from the magistrate of Chen!" Zhang Huan also heard that this person has always loved the people as much as his son. Seeing that he is elegant, he couldn't help but feel a little favor. He smiled gently and said, "We were planning to stay in Fengxiang City, but General Li said it was not very good. He suggested that we come to Guo County to rest. What? Magistrate Chen would not let us go for a waste!"

"Envoy Zhang came to our Guo County to rest. The emperor is very honored. However, the county town is small and I am afraid it cannot accommodate thousands of people. Please forgive me."

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "Why don't you, the brigade of soldiers are resting outside the city. I only bring 300 people into the city. Is this convenient?"

County Magistrate Chen quickly agreed, "The envoy first asks to stay in the camp, and the subordinates will go and arrange residence for the envoy."

At this moment, two thousand men were camping outside the city, while Zhang Huan, under the escort of 300 personal soldiers, brought Cui Ning into the county town. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the city gate, he heard a loud voice laughing: "Governor Zhang stayed at Fengxiang at night, but do you want to take the opportunity to take Fengxiang and force Cui Yuan to give up the position of Right Prime Minister?"

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Chapter completed!