The host is red and black, and the system can only chirp

A long team, riding big horses and driving sheep, holding the "fish token" and the "official certificate" of the county magistrate, rushed towards the interior of the country in high spirits.

Unaware of the situation, border residents cautiously peered in, mistaking it for the Eastern Turks who were advancing again. The dwindling number of ordinary people were like frightened birds, hiding away without a trace.

Xi Mingming seldom encountered people along the way.

The land is barren.

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Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde continued to reorganize the team, and combined with the regular police training methods sponsored by Xi Mingming, the refugees have initially acquired the temperament of professional soldiers of this era.

Very basic.

Yuchi Jingde took the initiative to initiate a competition. He and Li Jing each took half of the troops and horses and lambs, competing to see who could lead the team more energetically.

By the time they entered the customs, the team was able to follow orders.

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On the city wall of Wuyuan County, the commander Zhang Changxun was caught off guard when he first saw three hundred elite cavalrymen driving a flock of sheep into the pass.

Is it really real for the Eastern Turks to give gifts to the Grand Master?

Standing next to the one who stayed behind was a young nobleman, who leaned half of his body out from the city gate, clasped his hands and looked into the distance.

When he saw Xi Mingming's team, he immediately dragged Zhang Changxun and rushed down the city gate without paying any attention.

From afar, Xi Mingming saw a bearded young man pulling a man in official uniform towards them at a gallop.

Seeing this, Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing immediately rode forward and stood beside Xi Mingming. They waved their hands at the same time, and the people behind them stopped in unison.

Apart from the occasional bleating of the lambs, the young man's clear voice echoed between heaven and earth.

The young man who came closer had a stubble that could not hide his tall and strong figure, a big face, and eyes and ears as dark as ink.

He tilted his head and raised a big smile, exclaiming in surprise: "Master Xi is really as young as the rumors say."

He seemed not to see that Li Jing was holding the sword ready to strike, and Yuchi Jingde was already holding the steel whip.

Without waiting for Xi Mingming to answer, he added a statement calmly as if adding a narration: "The youngest grandmaster in history, who was not at a disadvantage in a battle with the Eastern Turkic martial arts master Bi Xuan, and the martial arts master with the greatest hope of breaking through the void in the world."

Shattering the void, if Xi Mingming hadn't really practiced it before -

If Xi Mingming had grown up in a small town in the Western Regions as a teenager, his mentality would have been very dangerous if he had been flattered by the Eastern Turks.

Xi Mingming did not answer, but just raised his eyebrows.

The young man had an extraordinary demeanor. He clasped his fists and introduced himself: "I am the son of Duke Tang, my surname is Li and my name is Shimin. I heard that the suzerain was showing great power in the Eastern Turks, so I came to pay a special visit."

Xi Mingming: “Oh.”

When I met Li Erfeng face to face and compared her to Emperor Taizong in history books, I always felt something was strange.

Li Shimin was slightly startled, squinting his eyes and staring at Xi Mingming for a moment, then he moved closer to the big black horse "White Emperor" and asked abruptly, "Master Xi, do you like Shimin?"

"Ah?" Xi Mingming.

"How shameless!" Li Jing.

"You are talking nonsense. Where did this lunatic come from?" Yuchi Jingde.

Xi Mingming smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, this is very Li Erfeng."

Li Shimin didn't care. He smiled and explained, "Shimin has no intention of offending Master Xi. This is my truest feeling - Master Xi has good intentions towards Shimin. I guessed right, right Master Xi?"

Xi Mingming: ...Is it so obvious?

Li Shimin shrugged: "It's obvious. I am brave, but a great master with unclear position can take my head in a minute. Who dares to come so close suddenly if I don't feel goodwill?"

Xi Mingming: ...

In front of everyone, she nodded silently.

Sect Leader Xi was also helpless, wondering why they still needed to have their own sensor radar.

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Li Shimin, no, Li Erfeng, the demeanor of a young master from a noble family disappeared in an instant.

He was too lively and asked questions one after another, "Master Xi, do you know Shimin? Where did you hear about him? Are they all good things? Master Xi has always lived in the Western Regions? What did you gain from this sudden trip to the Eastern Turks?"

Xi Mingming folded his arms and looked up at the sky. No wonder historical records showed that Li Shimin always took the lead in charging into battle, and even asking a question was as annoying as the "rat-tat-tat" of a machine gun.

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The mushroom bomb system gloated: [You are happy to be reminded of me every day. I don’t have a big nose or eyes, and I like to smile foolishly... Why is it worth you to think about me for so long? 】

Xi Mingming: [Alas, he is not only talkative and loves to laugh, but also a famous crybaby. ]

system:【……】

It's hard to comment.

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Xi Mingming pointed at Li Jing and Yuchi Gong and said, "If you have any questions, go to them. I can tell you everything."

After saying this, he glanced at Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde, ignored Li Shimin, and turned to Zhang Changxun, "Would the governor be willing to spare me a moment to talk?"

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Zhang Changxun: How can I refuse?

Li Shimin is your majesty's cousin, the son of the Duke of Tang, and has just saved the emperor. He is in the limelight, and he personally ran to Wuyuan County to wait for the arrival of the new Grand Master and be the first person to pay a visit to the Xi Sect Master.

What could Zhang Changxun do? He was afraid of the grandmaster, but he didn't dare to refuse the son of Duke Tang.

Only then did he accompany Li Shimin to climb the city wall for three consecutive days.

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If it were any other time, Li Shimin, Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde would have immediately become friends after meeting each other.

Never question the ability of the social masters of the Li Tang regime to make friends.

But... Sect Master Xi obviously likes me very much, so why doesn't he want to get closer to him and talk to him?

Li Erfeng objected strongly and followed Master Xi straight to the garrison... but was grabbed by Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde and dragged to the other side to exchange feelings.

Xi Mingming: I really can’t adapt to being a social gangster, so I’m leaving.

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Chamber.

A handwritten letter was handed to Zhang Changxun.

Xi Mingming said calmly, "Of course I understand that the governor contacted Shibi Khan privately, but he just wanted to protect the people of the county. But outsiders don't think so, and your majesty certainly won't think so either."

Considering Yang Guang's performance in Yanmen County and his subsequent inconsistency and inaction, it was normal for the border generals to have their own plans.

Frankly speaking, when Xi Mingming first learned what dynasty and year he was in, he did not rush to Yanmen County Magistrate Yang Guang immediately, entirely because he was concerned about the people of the world.

Killing the emperor without any preparation would be tantamount to sending the Central Plains into chaos ahead of time, and Xi Mingming could not bear the consequences.

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Now--

Xi Mingming said: "The Eastern Turks have evil ambitions and support various forces, but they hope that the Central Plains will be deeply mired in internal strife, so that they can defeat the enemy without fighting and eventually swallow up the entire Central Plains in one go."

"The governor wants to help the Eastern Turks, which is actually a conspiracy with the tiger."

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Whether Xi Mingming said these words or not, the result would be the same. Saying them was just to give people a way out, after all, they still needed people.

Zhang Changxun looked ashen.

Leader Xi was able to produce a letter to prove that the Eastern Turks did not choose him; and because Leader Xi held the letter, Zhang Changxun could no longer continue to be a minister in the Sui court.

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Shibi Khan: I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense. I don't know why she has the original, I have always kept such confidential letters well.

Princess Kehedun Yicheng: At first, Sect Leader Xi said that the court had lost the support of the people, and that each of you had rebellious intentions. I thought she did this on purpose to wait for a good price.

It turns out that everything was foreshadowed.

As officials of the Sui Dynasty, you were still flirting with the Eastern Turks after the two forces declared war!

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Xi Mingming remained calm and waited for Zhang Changxun to digest this bolt from the blue.