He Mulan didn't know how terrifying her aura was now. The military attaches from Yuzhou Territory who took office with Xue Andu had just been in office for more than a year. When such a thing suddenly happened, even if He Mulan said that he didn't care, he was still one by one. Clean up the cause and effect.
It turns out that this Xue An Du Xue Du Hu is not very old this year. He just turned 20 years old. In this age when the average life expectancy is only 30 years old, he is already an adult. It's not all about his talent, but his extraordinary charisma.
Xue An is the youngest son of the Xue family of the Hedong clan. He has shown amazing talent since he was a child. The elders in the family have high expectations for him. They have spent countless efforts to invite famous teachers to teach him riding, archery and martial arts. Famous Hedong.
Helpless, this son was naturally aggressive and often made friends with rangers. Later, he became a "gang" by himself, called "Anmen". The rangers and ruffians in the family were constantly communicating with each other. His brothers were often worried about causing disasters and often frowning. Do not show.
Xue An has been taken care of by his elder brother since he was a child. Taking into account the emotions of his sister-in-law, he moved out of the Xue family in Hedong, separated from his brothers, and took "Anmen" to travel in Hedong.
When he left home, he did not take any money, and his travels depended on the gifts of friends and loyalists from all over the world, and borrowed his place to live. Xue Andu never faltered, he just took what he gave and helped when he was busy, and gradually made a name for himself in Yuzhou and Qinzhou.
When Wei State and Xia State were at war, there was a White Dragon Hu in Qinzhou who took the opportunity to riot and looted all over Qinzhou, and even dared to attack Wei State's grain and grass to support the clansmen. Dawei tried to exterminate this man several times, but they were helpless. The crowds come and go, and their whereabouts are uncertain.
Bailong looted Qinzhou when he was in chaos, and happened to destroy a Han village. The people in this village once took in Xue Andu and Qi'anmen. Xue Andu wanted to avenge the hundreds of people in the village. With the rangers from Qinzhou, he searched Qinzhou and found the whereabouts of this White Dragon Hu, and then joined forces with the Xianbei generals who were in charge of the Qinzhou expedition to annihilate them in one fell swoop, quelling the White Dragon Hu rebellion.
In this battle, Xue An single-handedly shot and killed Bai Longzi, the leader of Bailonghu, and personally avenged the victims of Qinzhou's death, and his reputation was greatly shaken. Tuoba Tao loved the young hero the most and admired his loyalty, so he named him "General Yokono" and gave him a background.
Xue An was from Wei State, his father and brother were both in Wei State, but they were just wandering in the summer land. As soon as the news that the youngest son in the family got the official position came back, Father Xue immediately recruited warriors, bought armor, and gathered all the financial resources of the family to support the youngest son in his family, "the prodigal son".
Xue Andu himself is extremely skilled in martial arts, and he has the "guerrilla warfare" skills that only rangers have. Leading a group of rangers and private soldiers sent from home, he has won a lot in the battle between Hu Xia and Wei. Military merit.
He is highly respected in Yuzhou and Qinzhou, and everyone loves his reputation as "chivalrous". He is often more popular than the generals of the Wei State Xianbei who came to conquer. Before the attack, many people and officials have already surrendered. Just because I believe he will not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
As a result, although Xue Andu joined the army late and had little qualifications, his military merits were rapidly accumulated in a snowball manner. When Tuoba Tao was discussing his merits, he, a young general who was known by Tuoba Tao's "wisdom of eyes and pearls", immediately won the prize. Longyan Dayue, Tuoba Tao was so proud of his "Bole", he praised Xue An for a good life, and gave him the position of the two prefectures of Qinzhou and Yuzhou.
There are many Hu people in Qinzhou, and Yuzhou is only half-bound because it was robbed from Liu Song, so the state is very small, and there are many "suzerains" in the territory, and taxes cannot be collected smoothly. These two prefectures were officials, so Xue An was granted the protection of both prefectures. Not many people envied him, and he was a little gloating about misfortune.
Xue An had a temperament like a man, so he didn't care about these things. When he was an official, he often used the way of Wuthering Mountains to govern. The suzerains are not afraid of the old cunning and cunning, but they are afraid of such young people who are "barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes". The Hu people in Qinzhou like this kind of temper, so both parties are very polite to him, and he will take care of them. After more than a year, no one said that he was not good.
The disappearance of people in Qinzhou and Yuzhou would not have attracted anyone's attention in any state. At this time, it was a troubled time. Xia and Wei were at war, and Xia's own clans were often fighting, and it was common for a few or dozens of people to be missing.
In this era when the household registration system exists in name only, and the population depends entirely on "households" rather than "dings", few people can even discover it by county officials, let alone spread it to the top.
What's more, most of the missing are not high-ranking people with property, but wandering children, businessmen, travelers, elderly people without children, or orphans who lost their parents and so on.
But the rangers are also "wandering outside". When the money is not at hand, it is common for these rangers to sleep in wild temples and wastelands. When the Rangers realized that their companions had gone out and never returned, they realized that something had happened.
It is normal for rangers to fight and revenge, and it is common to die silently. But some rangers go out and hang out not to "make a living", but to return home to visit family members, or for some other reason, and will never fight with others. And if one or two are missing, it is difficult to attribute it to an "accident".
This kind of thing can't be solved by Ranger, and can only be reported to the government. When the Xia Kingdom was just set, the government had too many things to do, and they couldn't care about such "little things" at all. In particular, those who are missing are "land ruffians" who have no household registration or whose household registration is not here, let alone people from the government who are willing to take care of them.
On the one hand, these rangers were anxious and the government's numbness and inaction, and on the other hand, they were heartbroken and disappeared for no reason with their companions. After everyone's discussion, they remembered the "Anmen" sect master they had once funded, the now-prosperous Xue Xue Andu.
After Xue An was "whitewashed", the rangers seldom contacted him because of his official voice. After all, the government and the rivers and lakes were two different worlds. But so many lives can't be ignored, what's more, the result of their investigation is not only the missing Ranger, but also many homeless and orphans. These are men with great loyalty and must not sit idly by.
These rangers had already given up hope that Xue An, who had "resigned to the government", would help them. Unexpectedly, Xue An agreed immediately after hearing about this. It was ordered that the old, weak, orphans in Qinzhou and Yuzhou must go to the government to register and make a register.
Qinzhou’s folk customs are fierce. After the Hu people disappeared several times in the place where the Hu people lived, a tribe of Hu people finally caught the murderer—a group of unidentified Han people went around secretly arresting these lone people, and they didn’t kill people. Just caught alive. If asked where they were sent after they were caught, they would only say that someone somewhere dedicated money to buy these living people.
Xue An went to that place according to their confessions, but instead of waiting for the real culprit who came to spend money to buy people, he was shocked and never found out any news in Qinzhou.
Xue Andu turned to investigate in Yuzhou in desperation. There were also many missing people in Yuzhou, but unfortunately, Yuzhou was full of noble families, and there were many fortresses, and the suzerain could not even control the government.
It wasn't until He Mulan's army was dispatched to Yuzhou that Xue Andu had just received the news from the Ranger in the territory, saying that three or four pedestrians with pending orders were missing from a Buddhist temple.
Xue Andu had already planned to leave to meet He Mulan. When he received the news, he was worried that the insider in the Buddhist temple would escape, so he ordered the Yuzhou guards to surround the Buddhist temple first, and then rushed to the temple.
As for the impact of the inability to meet the Tiger Ben army on his future, and on the impact on his subordinates, he couldn't care less.
His lieutenant, Liu Yuan, was also from a big family. Although he admired Xue Andu's loyalty, he was also annoyed at the fact that he left his duties and ran away. Helpless, Hu Benjun couldn't ignore it, so he could only bite the bullet and go out to meet him.
Fortunately, He Mulan's appearance was cold, but her temperament was still kind. From welcoming the army to the successful stationing, she didn't see any impatience or displeasure in her.
After An Xin couldn't help but scold Xue Andu again, no matter whether things worked out or not, he sent someone back to tell him. I have brought hundreds of people out, but so far there is no news at all, and I don't even come to pay a visit.
General Hua is not displeased, let's take a look at the beautiful person beside him... uh... what, and the tender-faced personal soldiers have already piled up the expression "Your family boss is negligent in their duties", and there are many people who want to come close in the future. Blowing the hair, General Hua has no temper but also has a temper.
It wasn't until the time when the military officers couldn't hold back that they wanted to run, that Xue An was long overdue.
It seemed that he hadn't eaten and drank well all day. When he was led in by Chen Jie, He Mulan swore that she heard her stomach growling.
Both Xue An and He Mulan were of the same rank. When he came to see him, He Mulan couldn't sit on his knees to take it. They both got up and greeted each other.
Xue An had always thought that his martial arts skills were rare among his peers, and that his military skills were somewhat fortunate, and others were hard to match.
Who would have expected such a young hero from Wei State, who became famous in Montenegro at the age of 19, made great achievements in the Northern Expedition at the age of 20, killed Da Tan with his own hands, captured Wu Ti and others alive under his command, and already had an official position in Pingcheng at the age of 21 He and the mansion have won the admiration of a group of celebrities, and they can be said to be a winner in life, and the heart of comparison has long been raised.
So when Xue Andu got the news that Hua Mulan needed to be stationed in Yuzhou, he was curious and yearning from the bottom of his heart, waiting to meet this famous hero.
Now Xue An looked at this Hua Mulan, she was not burly, she was even a little thin, her face was ordinary, her lips were thin, and she was obviously not a person with a forthright and enthusiastic personality, so she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Looking at her waist, she is wearing a strange, gray and strange sword. It is said that the sword is more like a thin and elongated iron plate. There is only a man with a long face and a long spear who looks mighty, but this man is too feminine and vicious, and he doesn't like it. The type of befriending.
Thinking about it this way, Xue An even felt that the "deserved reputation" was all fake, and the disappointment in his heart was even more difficult to contain, and he couldn't help but bring out some points when he saluted.
He Mulan's face has been seen so many times. Although Di Yefei and Na Luohun were angry, they were well trained and didn't attack on the spot.
When Chen Jie saw that Xue An did not perform his duties, but instead looked down on the general, he was of course full of dissatisfaction. Gai Wu, who was kneeling behind He Mulan with a nephew salute, didn't say anything, just touched the hilts of the double knives.
"This general has neglected General Hua, and I hope that General will not be blamed." Xue An apologized, "The situation is really urgent, and it is too late for this general to go to sue and deal with it..."
He Mulan really liked this kind of temperament that put the people first and the future second. Hearing this, he smiled slightly: "Where, I can understand."
Xue An felt relieved when he saw that He Mulan was not the kind of person with a small stomach, and then developed some understanding of He Mulan's reputation.
Even in the face of the praise and fear of others, he couldn't help but be a little erratic. His position was so easy-going, at least he did it without being humble or arrogant.
He Mulan heard Xue Andu's stomach grumbling when he spoke, but he didn't care, and summoned Chen Jie to give some orders, then turned around and said to Xue Andu, "Xue Duhu After a hard day, if it’s too late today, it’s better to stay here, use some food first, and then arrange the affairs of the Hu Ben army.”
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When she saw Xue An, she looked at him in amazement, and her smile was even more gentle: "I originally saw Xue Du Hu, a man who is eager for justice and righteous, and I wanted to invite you to drink. But I'm in the army now, so I should lead by example. Drinking alcohol is not allowed, so water is the only alternative."
When Xue An heard this, He Mulan's feelings were even better, and the previous disappointment gradually disappeared, and he smiled and bowed his hands to He Mulan: "How difficult is this, when General Hua passes by Yuzhou in the future, I will take care of it. Good wine and good food will welcome you, and I will never make you wait like this today!"
Both of them were bright and upright people. Although Xue An was full of ruffians, but after all, he was from a big family, and his behavior was not as rude as usual, but he was really cute.
When Chen Jie's wine and meat came up, the already wicked Xue An first ate and drank a lot, then took out a towel to wipe his mouth, and said:
"Today I took people to surround the Wan'an Temple, and caught one big, five, and six monks inside. The big monk slammed into the wall and died during the chaos, and a few little novices didn't know the truth. Pedestrians who stayed overnight sent tea, and they disappeared the next day after the tea was delivered."
Xue An looked at He Mulan and listened carefully, and continued, "This Wan'an Temple is usually provided by several sect masters in Yuzhou, and there are only so many people coming and going. I think the thieves behind the scenes can have such a large number of people. If you have a lot of money to buy people's lives and search for living people everywhere, you must be rich or expensive. The big monk is dead, and my news has been cut off again. Now I can only check the news from these little novices. "
"General Hua wants to keep me, of course I am willing. It's just that I can find the truth with a little effort now, and I really can't keep it."
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Yuanjia Wubi.
Yuan Hua, who came out of Yuan Zhe's room, slammed the wall hard, causing the entire building to shake. The guards outside the house who were protecting the safety of the sect master glanced at the young master worriedly, but in the end they all turned their eyes.
The movement was so big, Yuan Zhe in the room must have known it, and could understand the "anger" of the eldest son. Yuan Hua couldn't get his wish several times, and the atmosphere and pain in his heart could no longer be spoken. If he vented in this way, he naturally couldn't care about what his father would think.
After a while, Yuan Zhe's door opened again, and this time a round-faced young man walked out. This person is far from being as handsome as Yuan Hua, but he is lovable, with a round face and a small nose. He looks harmless to humans and animals.
"Brother..." Yuan Hua's younger brother, Yuan Fang, was worried: "You know that Grandpa is not in good health, so why would you contradict him like this, can't you mention it when he is in a good mood? You are so tough, it will only make you The father-son relationship between the two is getting more and more tense, why are you so troubled!"
"A Fang, do you think Grandpa did the right thing?"
Yuan Hua withdrew his hand and looked at his brother sadly.
Yuan Fang was silent, but after a long time he said, "I don't know. Grandpa is both our father and our suzerain. He must have his reasons for doing this."
"Sect Master?"
Yuan Hua's face suddenly sank.
"If you are the suzerain of my Yuan family, you can do whatever you want?"
"Brother, what are you thinking? Don't be stupid..."
Yuan Fang got along with his brother day and night, and seeing his brother's face, he didn't know what he was thinking, so he hugged him and dragged him downstairs.
There are many people here, and they are all loyal to their father, so it is impossible to guarantee that they will not cause trouble for their elder brothers.
Yuan Fang has been between his brother and his father every day since he was getting older. Seeing that the rift between the two is getting bigger and bigger, the worries in his heart are definitely not understood by outsiders. Since a year ago, his father's temper has become more eccentric, and all kinds of strange orders have emerged one after another. In recent days, it has become even more crazy, completely intensifying the contradiction between his brother and him.
His elder brother is a rare integrity character, which is too rare in this troubled world, but in the Yuan family, integrity and fortitude has become a disadvantage. Therefore, the more Yuan Fang is favored by his father and brother, the more he feels sorry for his brother.
'At this rate, I have to travel far away from home for a while. '
Yuan Xin sighed in relief and dragged Yuan Hua for a long distance.
In Yanfei Building, Yuan Zhe, the head of the Yuan family who was on the roof, watched his two sons go away.
If Yuan put it here, he would definitely be terrified.
The expression was unfathomable, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, which didn't look like he was looking at his relatives.