The night breeze is cool and blowing slowly.

Gu Tianya continued to put his hands behind his back and looked outside, saying: "The refugees in the west came spontaneously. Obviously the people in the west have been obeying the rules, but the refugees in the south were driven here. This is the real way of dumping women and children."

Feed us."

He sneered twice and said coldly: "The soldiers were recruited by them, and the family and difficulties were left to Hebei Province. The method was really good, but it was a bit unscrupulous..."

Wuyang Postmaster hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously: "Commander, when you talk about the people in the west who abide by the rules, do you mean the aristocratic family?"

He paused for a moment, then cautiously added: "Wuyang County is located in the southernmost part of Hebei, and it borders two Taoist prefectures. To the south is Henan Road, and to the west is Hedong Road. So Henan Road in the south is

It is under the control of Tiance Mansion, and the Hedong Road to the west is under the control of Gyeonggi Road, and the rights of Gyeonggi Road are in the hands of the Prince's Mansion, or to be precise, in the hands of the aristocratic family."

Gu Tianya glanced at him and said with approval: "No wonder you can serve as the post commander. You do have more knowledge than ordinary soldiers."

Wuyang Postmaster swallowed and whispered: "I heard that you and the aristocratic family are not dealing with each other, why does the aristocratic family abide by the rules instead? Tiance Mansion has always been on good terms with our women's army, why is it that they are playing tricks this time..."

Gu Tianya suddenly sighed.

He slowly walked out of the inn gate, stood at the door and looked into the distance.

After a long time, he said softly: "Yes, this time the family actually abided by the rules. They wanted to buy more secret recipes from me, so they directly abandoned the interests of Hebei Province, although this was just a sign.

Okay, but people have always followed it very well."

"On the contrary, some people in Tiance Mansion always think that Zhao Ning and I are soft persimmons who can be pinched at will..."

Twenty postmen went out together and stood behind him, gnashing their teeth and saying angrily: "Commander, please give the order. Even if there are only twenty of us, we will go to Zhechong Mansion in Tiance Mansion to cause trouble."

Unexpectedly, Gu Tianya suddenly smiled, waved his hands as if without anger, and said slowly: "We are all family, how can we shout and kill? Don't mention this matter again, let's pretend it never happened.

"

The twenty soldiers were stunned.

They couldn't understand why Gu Tianya suddenly stopped being angry.

Not long ago, they saw Gu Tianya furious. In fact, he was not angry at them, but at Tiance Mansion in the south.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, the commander-in-chief was smiling and no longer angry.

Very weird!

But Gu Tianya turned to look at them, suddenly waved to the ten postmen of Wuyang Post, and said warmly: "According to the rules set by Zhao Ning and I, the postmen change their posts every six months. Now I and I

Ten soldiers have arrived, and you have already resigned, but it is already evening, and it would be unkind to ask you to hurry, so let's set off tomorrow..."

He paused for a moment and then added: "We are all fellow soldiers and should be given a farewell by rights, so let's make it tomorrow."

The ten soldiers of Wuyangyi shook their heads quickly and said anxiously: "We don't dare to let the commander see you off."

Unexpectedly, Gu Tianya's face darkened and he said: "It must be given, and it must be given with great fanfare. We must invite others to come and watch the ceremony, so that they can see the deep love between the comrades of the Detachment of Women."

The postmen's faces were full of confusion.

…

The night passed quickly, and the next morning came in an instant.

As expected, a farewell party was held in front of Wuyangyi.

The county government officials were notified overnight, so whether they were willing or not, they rushed to the inn early in the morning to watch the ceremony.

There is also a wealthy family in the county, which can barely be regarded as half a low-class family. They were notified overnight and came to watch the ceremony early in the morning.

Then, in full view of everyone, Gu Tianya suddenly burst into tears, crying in a way that made him look weak and pitiful.

Ten Wuyang Post soldiers were sent away amidst his cries.

The so-called farewell with great fanfare turned out to be just Gu Tianya crying loudly.

But this big cry was quickly spread by many people.

…

The first person to get the news was Luoyang, which happened to be the day of the Tiance Mansion's meeting.

Li Shimin's face was obviously a little cold, and he threw the Di newspaper to Fang Xuanling, who was standing next to him, and said: "You circulate it, and we will discuss it after reading it."

Fang Xuanling looked confused. He took the Di newspaper and started reading it. After reading it, his face suddenly became cold. He threw the Di newspaper to the next person and said angrily: "Your Highness asked everyone to circulate it. You can read it together."

It depends on what you are doing..."

The Di newspaper quickly circulated for a week.

Everyone read the message above.

Then, none of the generals looked very pretty.

After a long time passed, a civil servant spoke in a low voice and said with a slight hesitation: "Gu Tianya is crying? You are crying weakly? This shouldn't be done. How can those ten postmen have the right to make him cry? According to me

It seems that this crying is an act."

"It's acting, so what?" Qin Qiong said coldly and said angrily: "If he doesn't act, what else can he do? Lead troops to fight? Ask for justice from His Highness? Brother Gu will never do anything that ignores family ties.

Can’t do it.”

Fang Xuanling, who was in the first place on the right, smiled bitterly and said, "But our Tiance Mansion can do it, and we have already done it for him to see."

At this time, Li Shimin spoke slowly and said in a difficult tone: "He cried to me and asked me to give him an explanation."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned around, glanced at a few people, and asked in a deep voice: "Bozhou is the southernmost state in Hebei, and Wuyang is the southernmost county in Bozhou. It borders Henan Road and Hedong Road.

Bordering the border, Hedong Road is under the control of Gyeonggi Province, so I only ask about Henan Road. You are all great men and women, who can tell me the name of Zhechong Prefecture there?"

Fang Xuanling was afraid that he would not be able to hold back his anger, so he answered on behalf of everyone else: "That Zhechong Mansion is called Puyang Mansion."

"Whose jurisdiction is it?"

"this……"

"Forget it, no matter who is in charge, I don't want to ask anymore."

Li Shimin suddenly pulled out a command arrow from the table, raised his hand and threw it in front of Yuchi Jingde, and said in a deep voice: "Go and do it yourself."

Yuchi Jingde did not hesitate, stood up and said: "How many whips?"

Li Shimin's face was grave, and he endured his heartache and said: "Don't use a whip, use a stick!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand, popped out five fingers, and sighed: "Hit him with fifty military sticks."

hiss!

The audience gasped.

An official stood up hurriedly and said in a panic: "Fifty military sticks will kill people. Chen Mao from Puyang Mansion is a fierce general who once made great contributions to Your Highness's capture of Luoyang."

Li Shimin slowly raised his head and looked up, obviously feeling extremely reluctant to give up.

But he still insisted on the order just now and said with a bitter look on his face: "No matter how meritorious the captain Zhechong has done, I will punish him this time according to the violation of military law."

The official's face turned pale and he couldn't help but say again: "His Highness has never been so strict."

"But what he did this time is so outrageous!"

Li Shimin roared violently and said with a grim expression: "In order to compete for soldiers, you dare to attack the common people. This kind of unscrupulous thing has never happened in Tiance Mansion."

The official fell down and sat on the ground and said: "He is trying to fight against the Prince's Mansion. The aristocratic family also built the Zhechong Mansion there."

At this time, Changsun Wuji finally stood up and said slowly: "The soldiers of our Tiance Mansion come from the imperial army, but the family has collected hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Although it is nominally given to the prince to expand his guard, in fact, it has been for the past six months.

After being stationed in various places, they used the name of establishing Zhechong Mansion to let the private soldiers continue to compete for the area. If this continues, the power of the Prince's Mansion will become more and more powerful, and finally it will be so powerful that it will make people despair, and all the Tiance Mansion will be disappointed.

Comrade gave up..."

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji coldly and asked in a deep voice: "So you are recruiting government soldiers on a large scale? In order to succeed, you even give up your conscience? You have recruited the soldiers, but you are driving the women and children to Hebei?"

Changsun Wuji raised his hand and did not shy away from the fact that this was his and everyone else's plan. He said bluntly: "This time the government soldiers are recruited to join the army, the time limit for joining the army cannot be determined. In other words, these government soldiers will have to serve as soldiers until something big happens.

, they cannot go home to take care of their wives and children, nor can they go home to cultivate the fields. If their women and children are not driven away, all those women and children will starve to death at home."

Li Shimin roared violently and roared: "If you are driven to Hebei, won't you starve to death?"

Changsun Wuji sighed, and even wiped the saliva from his face slowly, and said calmly: "Although some will starve to death, they will not all starve to death, because Gu Tianya will eventually find out about this, and he has a kind heart.

, he will not let women and children starve to death."

There was a bang.

Li Shimin kicked his desk over hard.

But Changsun Wuji looked calm and said: "Captain Zhechong of Puyang is guilty, and he should be beaten to death for the crime he committed. However, Tiance Mansion is facing a formidable enemy. His Highness should be more lenient. Beating him with fifty military sticks is too much."

Now, please let Yuchi Jingde give him twenty sticks. In this case, I guarantee that he will burst into tears with gratitude..."

Li Shimin looked at him with cold eyes and said: "But how can we protect the military law of Tiance Mansion? Is it possible to bargain for violations of military law?"

Changsun Wuji suddenly walked to the center of the hall, bent down and said: "I am willing to take over the military sticks of the Ten Strategies for him, which can be regarded as sharing the military law of His Highness Tiance Mansion."

After saying this, he suddenly bowed towards the north again. This time, he arched his hands and solemnly saluted: "I will receive another ten military sticks to give Gu Tianya an explanation."

Suddenly, another group of civil servants rushed out, and at the same time bent down to salute Li Shimin, saying: "Your Highness governs the army with strict discipline, and military law cannot be negotiated, so we are also willing to accept military sticks and share His Highness's military law in Tiance Mansion. I only ask for your mercy and stay."

Puyang's Zhechong killed the captain."
To be continued...