Cui Boxiao was invited to the study by Marquis Zhenbei.
Cui Boxiao: "My Lord, are you looking for me?"
Zhenbei Hou handed the battle report of Bianjiang City to Cui Boxiao: "Take a look."
Cui Boxiao took it with a puzzled look on his face: "War report? Frontier City? They were deceived by the Xiongnu and wanted independence? How can this be possible?"
Zhenbei Hou stood up and walked to the map of Beiyuan's territory. He put his hands behind his back and stroked the map: "If we lose an inch of our territory, our descendants will point fingers at us and scold us. Bo Xiao, what do you think?"
What else can Cui Boxiao think? "We have to fight for every inch of land. Besides, this place is vast and sparsely populated, and rich in resources. Look at these mountains, there may be a lot of mineral resources. These all belong to our Dayuan Dynasty. How can we give them to others, let alone let them become independent? It's a conspiracy, all the Huns' conspiracy."
The Marquis of Zhenbei nodded and said, "There is a mountain between Border City and the Xiongnu. It is very difficult for the Xiongnu to attack Border City. It is not easy for them to bypass our Dayuan Dynasty either. That is why they encourage Border City to be independent."
"But once Border City becomes independent, the Xiongnu will definitely attack Border City. Then this place will belong to them. And if they use Border City to attack Blue City, it will be difficult for us to drive them away."
Yes, how could Cui Boxiao not know the seriousness of the matter? The Huns were cunning. Besides, there were many beauties, fruits and minerals in the border city, and these must not be given to others.
"Godfather, what do you need me to do?"
Cui Boxiao actually already had the answer in his mind, but he still wanted to accompany Liu Qiaoer to the capital.
The Marquis of Zhenbei knew in his heart that, as a man, heroes have always been unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women.
"Father wants to send you to the border city to drive out the Huns, kill the troublemakers, and take back the border city."
Cui Boxiao hesitated for a moment and did not answer immediately.
I heard the Marquis of Zhenbei say again: "The danger in the capital has been resolved. Miss Liu can go back alone to report. If you are worried, your father will send more people to follow you."
Cui Boxiao was not worried about Liu Qiaoer, he just couldn't bear to let her go.
"Godfather, let me discuss this with Qiao'er."
In the room, Liu Qiaoer was packing her things to go back to Beijing. When she saw Cui Boxiao coming in, she glanced at him and asked, "Have you packed your things?"
Cui Boxiao looked depressed: "I can't go back to the capital with you. Border City is being coaxed into independence by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu are eyeing Border City covetously. The Marquis of Zhenbei asked me to recapture Border City."
Liu Qiaoer was slightly startled: "Border City? The place where there are many beauties and fruits?"
Cui Boxiao nodded: "This has always been our territory, but I didn't expect that there would be a crisis at this time."
Liu Qiaoer brainstormed for a moment and said, "Yes, there should be such a thing. Have you forgotten the history of a general carrying a coffin to the battlefield? Since it has fallen on you, go ahead and you will definitely go down in history."
Cui Boxiao thought for a moment and said, "It is more important to develop technology in Beijing."
Liu Qiaoer: "It doesn't matter. I'm here. I will convince the emperor when I return. By the way, don't forget the three-year agreement. Remember to bring Zhu Zhengzheng to the capital when the time comes. Otherwise, he might be assassinated by the Xiongnu."
Cui Boxiao nodded and extended his hand to Liu Qiaoer: "See you in three years."
Cui Boxiao held Liu Qiaoer's hand, and the two of them ran towards distant places like comrades-in-arms.
Liu Qiaoer watched Cui Boxiao leave resolutely without looking back, and there was an indescribable sense of loss in her bright eyes.
In fact, men value career more than love.
The greatest ideal in every man's heart is to achieve great things and go down in history.
Cui Boxiao’s name may not be recorded in the official history, but in their time, Cui Boxiao was undoubtedly a very powerful person.
Three days later, Cui Boyao led his team to Bianjiang City.
Three days later, Liu Qiaoer went to the capital with only two guards.
The journey was finally much more peaceful. Without Prince Xiang's rebellion, the entire route was cleared out by the soldiers of Marquis Zhennan.
Although the emperor was in poor health, he acted decisively and vigorously. He killed some officials in the fiefdom of Prince Xiang and exiled others. He dealt with them all and then re-selected officials to serve in the local prefectural government.
He replaced them with his own people and selected governors to station troops around the former fiefdom of King Xiang. Some of the soldiers who were forcibly conscripted by King Xiang died in the battlefield, and the emperor gave them pensions.
Some who did not want to serve in the army were given some food and silver and allowed to go home.
Liu Qiaoer came all the way to the Taoist temple and village where she had hidden before. Unexpectedly, Boss Pei's son had returned, and many men in the village had also returned.
But they didn't see their family members and thought they had all fled to escape the famine, so they stayed in the village, repaired their houses and started farming.
Liu Qiaoer saw the village and found that there were people there. She knocked on a house at random and went in.
There was really only one man.
Liu Qiaoer looked him up and down: "Who are you?"
The man also looked at her warily: "Who are you?"
Liu Qiaoer: "I am just passing by. I used to live in this village. Are you their relative?"
When the man heard that Liu Qiaoer had met people from the village, he relaxed.
"I am from the village, but I was forcibly taken away by King Xiang to serve as a soldier. Now that King Xiang has been killed, we are back."
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "How many of you have returned?"
The man went out and shouted, "Everyone come out, someone has seen our family."
As a result, more than a dozen men came out from various rooms one after another, some in their thirties or forties, and some seventeen or eighteen years old.
Liu Qiaoer asked again: "Whose families are you from?"
"My mother is Aunt Pei Wu..."
"My father is Uncle Pei Qi, a hunter."
"I have a wife and a child named Gousheng."
Liu Qiaoer smiled: "So you are really from the village. You are going to the mountain from here. They all live in the Taoist temple on the mountain."
Everyone was skeptical. Some stayed in the village, while others went up the mountain to look for him.
Sure enough, the villagers in the Taoist temple were very excited to see that their men had returned.
Following them down the mountain, some of the families were finally reunited, but some of the men in some families did not return.
So some of them stayed in the Taoist temple, and some returned to the village.
But when they went to look for Liu Qiaoer again, they discovered that she had left at some point.
The villagers were very grateful for Liu Qiaoer's help, and some even thought she was a fairy.
After staying in the village for two days, Liu Qiaoer continued on her journey back to Beijing.
On this day, before she arrived in the capital, she received another letter from Zhang Lingzhi via carrier pigeon.
"Something bad is happening. The Marquis of Zhennan is critically ill, the Emperor is critically ill, and the capital is in trouble. Return quickly."
The issue of Prince Xiang had just been resolved, and everything should have been resumed as planned. How come suddenly, both of them were critically ill
This is not a good thing for the Dayuan Dynasty.
After receiving the news, Liu Qiaoer rushed to the capital at full speed.
Along the way, she saw batch after batch of court ministers and their families being exiled.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the capital, she saw that Zhang Lingzhi's entire family had also been exiled.