The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 246 Thoughts
A trace of surprise appeared on Xue Zhongchang's face, and he said to the general, "Have you confirmed your identity?"

"It's confirmed, the identity is true, and there is a token to testify." The general of the Ministry heard Xue Zhongchang's question and nodded his head.

"Okay, if that's the case, then follow the order and let Ma Di come back first. I will inquire about this matter." Xue Zhongchang said.

The general said "Yes." Then he turned and left.

Looking at the general who left, He Zheng asked with a smile: "But what happened suddenly? If General Xue is in a hurry to deal with it, then I will not delay General Xue's time."

"General He, please forgive me." Xue Zhongchang cupped his hands at He Zheng apologetically and said.

"General Xue is out."

After saying goodbye briefly, the two parted ways.

After leaving the city gate, Xue Zhongchang came all the way to the Sheriff's Mansion, entered a room where he usually worked, then picked up a brocade cloth from the table, picked up a pen and ink to write on it, After splashing ink, Xue Zhongchang put down the brush in his hand, then took out a seal from his pocket, and stamped a stamp on the lower corner of the brocade cloth.

After printing the seal, Xue Zhongchang picked up the brocade cloth and read it carefully. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, he nodded in satisfaction, then folded the brocade cloth and stuffed it into a bamboo tube.

Xue Zhongchang took the bamboo tube to the outside of the house, handed it to a guard standing at the door of the house and said, "Hurry up and give this bamboo tube to the general, and then wait for the general to reply to you, and then come back. Don't delay."

The guard took the bamboo tube and said, "Of order." Then, he turned around quickly and ran out all the way.

Seeing the guards leaving, Xue Zhongchang slowly turned his head and looked at the white sky in the distance.He couldn't understand why his general would give him such an order.

Just now, Madi, who was ambushed by him in the river, sent a message to himself, that is, they welcomed a messenger sent by Changsun Ji, and the messenger brought a secret order. Changsun Ji ordered them to evacuate immediately. No ambushes were left in the river, and the grain army was sent back to Qinting.

Originally, another ambush in the river this time could completely break up the main force of the grain army.Whether it is to continue to encircle and suppress the Liang army or to recover the cities captured by the Liang army, it will be very convenient.

However, now Changsun Ji is letting the food army leave, so isn't this just letting the tiger go back to the mountain?Once the leader of the grain army returns to his lair and regroups, it will make it difficult for the next actions against the grain army.

Although he ordered the horse flute to retreat and the grain army to leave, he still had to confirm this matter with Changsun Ji so as not to make any mistakes.

Xue Zhongchang also thought about the general's order at this time.But because he didn't know anything, he couldn't guess anything, so he could only deduce that Changsun Ji didn't want to end the counter-insurgency quickly based on the results of this order.

As for the reason, all Xue Zhongchang could think of was that something happened in the capital that he didn't know about.

Now that the Battle of Yangping is coming to an end, the battle situation is short of the final statistics, so he first wrote the victory report, and then asked the question at the end to confirm the identity of the messenger.

The private release of food soldiers was not a small matter. Although he had no way to ask Changsun Ji why he gave this order, at least he needed a letter from Changsun Ji to confirm the authenticity of the messenger.

After all, if this matter is not handled properly, he is likely to become a scapegoat.Become a victim of competition between different forces.

Although he believed that Changsun Ji would not treat him like this, what Ma Di said on the city wall that day made him alert. He could not believe some things, but he had to guard against them.

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There was heavy snow, and pieces of snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, slowly covering the whole Yangping into a white country.

Yangping, the prefect's mansion, in a guest pavilion.Changsun Ji was wearing a white cloak made of fox fur, sitting on a stone bench, holding a white porcelain cup in his hand to warm his body, while watching the snowflakes falling continuously outside the pavilion.

At this time, the ground is shady and cool, even if it is covered with a layer of animal fur, it will make people feel a bit cool to sit cross-legged, so the eldest grandson asked a mason to carve a stone bench and a stone table.

The snowflakes kept falling, this snow was not small, it had been falling for two days.Even if it didn't fall continuously, until now, there is already a thick layer of snow on the ground, and if you step on it, your whole foot will be directly buried in the snow.

Changsun Ji had been staying in this pavilion for nearly an hour. Looking at the snowflakes falling outside, his thoughts were a little distracted.

Now that it has entered the severe winter, the heavy snow is a sign. Although it is not reflected in the Sheriff's Mansion, if you walk in Yangping City, you will easily find traces of the approaching New Year's Eve everywhere.

It has been almost three months since he left the capital, and it has been a while since the battle in front of Yangping City.

After the war, after counting the military merits of his subordinate generals, Changsun Ji sent people to the capital to ask for merit for these soldiers who fought.

Although he is far away in Yanzhou now, he is not ignorant of what happened in the capital, except that his subordinates who stay in the capital will pass on some things that happened in the capital to him every once in a while.

What's more, the first batch of training results of the group of children he sent to Tongshan for training have come out. Although they are not too old, they are only [-] or [-] years old, but after more than a year of training, they can already In charge of many things.

Just yesterday, he also received a message from them: the court had reached a conclusion on his future, and the result was as he expected, the First Prince agreed with the courtier's proposal and transferred him back to the Beijing.

At this time, the imperial court had already sent out a group of envoys to announce the decree. In addition to the decree to transfer him back to the capital, there were also rewards for the various generals, and the powerful children who would succeed him.

Because when the letter he received came out of the capital yesterday, the candidates for the envoys had not yet been agreed upon, so Changsun Ji didn't know who was delivering the decree this time, and who was the candidate to succeed him.

However, Changsun Ji didn't care much about this. When the capital decided to transfer him back to the capital, he knew that the group of foxes in the capital who provoked him had already fallen into the trap.

"My lord, the snow scene outside is beautiful, but the weather is too cold to stay outside for too long. You should go back to the house and rest." Wang Gang, who was standing aside, looked at Changsun Ji with some concern.

(End of this chapter)