"The first problem I encountered was that the emperor wanted to disband the army participating in the Battle of Goguryeo. I hope the Lord can find a way to stop it!"

Dou Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I might as well tell General Zhang the truth. Whether to disband the army participating in the Goguryeo Battle has two different opinions in the court. One is the Ministry of War headed by Yu Shiji. They believe that this army obeys Lai Hu'er's orders and is a threat to the court. They advocate disbanding them. At present, they have the upper hand.●⌒,

The other faction is Yuwen Shu, Xue Shixiong and other generals. They have taken a fancy to the elite of this army and want to take them for their own use. Therefore, Yuwen Shu fabricated the Changhemen incident, and the purpose is to eliminate Huo Gu'er and clean up the middle and low-level officers of this army at the same time, and then the soldiers will belong to them. I can convince Yu Shiji to give up the dissolution plan, but in this way, Yuwen Shu has the upper hand. Can General Zhang accept this result?"

Zhang Xuan remained silent. He initially hoped that Zhou Fashang could take over the army, but Zhou Fashang had been transferred, so the result might be as Dou Qing said. In the end, he made a wedding dress for Yuwen Shu for free.

Zhang Xuan sighed, "If the ending is that the soldiers return to Yuwen Shu, it would be better to disband and let the soldiers go home to reunite with their families. OK! I won't make things difficult for Dou Chengzhu, but my army cannot be distributed no matter what, they must continue to follow me."

Dou Qing nodded, "No problem, this is actually just a small matter. When the Ministry of War drafts a dissolution plan, it will generally not be disbanded. A small part will be left. That's all, so I can do it!"

"My second problem is that the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Goguryeo, they deserve honor and reward, but now they have nothing. Isn't it too unfair?"

"This should be the reason why Zi said it was untrustworthy. In Zhuo County, he personally promised that the soldiers who participated in the Goguryeo war would receive double salary and their contributions were calculated as double. But the war was over. He was reluctant to give up the money. This was his usual style. It was not surprising, but I could think of a way. No matter whether he was willing or helpless, he had to accept his promise."

"Thank you, Lord Dou, for your sincerity. I have another problem, which is where I go. To be frank, I don't want to follow Yuwen Shu."

Dou Qing laughed, "I thought your third point was to come and protect your own safety, but you were thinking about it for your own sake."

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said, "Dou Chengzhu got Li Shanheng. Isn't the incident of Changhemen have nothing to do with General Lai? I don't have to worry about him, but I am myself. Yuwen Shu has not harmed me in Qinghe County, so he will definitely not be willing to do so. If I fall into his hands, the consequences will be unimaginable, so this is my real difficulty."

Dou Qing laughed. "I like General Zhang's honesty!"

He glanced at Zhang Xuan deeply, "Let me guess where General Zhang wants to go?"

"Can you guess Dou Huizhu guess?"

Dou Qing stroked his beard and smiled and said, "I guessed from the case of Tiansi Pavilion that General Zhang wanted to go to Zhang Xutuo!"

Zhang Xuan immediately stood up and bowed, "Zhang Xuan has these three difficulties. If he agrees, I will send someone to send Li Shanheng and his family back."

"You just trust me so much? What if I go back on my word?" Dou Qing asked with a smile.

Zhang Xuan said solemnly: "This is not a question of not believing in others. I think I told Master Dou that if Master Dou is not sincere, I will have a good talk with the Lord about the story of the Wagang Army."

Dou Qing was stunned and nodded for a while. "Okay! I promise you, but you have to tell me, how did you know that?"

"I believe that Master Dou also knows that Li Mi actually died at my hands. Li Jiancheng's secret can't be hidden from me."

Dou Qing did know that Li Mi died at the hands of Zhang Xuan, but it was not until today that Zhang Xuan admitted it calmly, because he seized Li Jiancheng's handle in Wagang and was not afraid of revenge by the Guanlong nobles.

Dou Qing didn't care about Li Mi, but he cared about Li Jiancheng very much. He pondered for a moment and said, "If you really remember my favor, please keep this secret for me."

"Zhang Xuan was able to survive until today because he knew what to say and what not to say. Dou Huizhu, we will have a date later!"

Zhang Xuan bowed deeply, turned around and walked towards the outer room.

Zhang Chuchen opened the door for him expressionlessly. The moment Zhang Xuan walked out of the room, he felt an extra note in his hand. He was slightly stunned and turned to look at Zhang Chuchen. Zhang Chuchen ignored him and turned toward the inner room.

......

Zhang Xuan and Yuchi Gong left the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant. They found another restaurant for lunch. Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said to a soldier: "You go back first and tell Chen Xu to send Li Shijie and his family to Wuchuan Mansion together, so that he can be careful on the way."

Zhang Xuan said to Yuchi Gong and two other personal soldiers: "You go to Xiuyefang and monitor Pei Ju's residence for me. Pay attention to their every move. If you find out the situation, come to the Bibo Restaurant outside the Xicheng Gate to find me."

"Don't worry, General, I know what to do!"

Yuchi Gong and several personal soldiers left the restaurant first and headed towards Xiuyefang. Zhang Xuan looked at them and walked away, then he turned over and urged the horse to go to the temple near the west city.

The temple is also the city god temple, which is a place where the city god is worshipped.

Zhang Xuan led his horse slowly into the temple. It was still early to leave the temple and the temple was particularly deserted. He only met a few old people who came to burn incense by chance.

"You are indeed trustworthy!"

When Zhang Xuan turned around, he saw Zhang Chuchen standing a few steps away, holding his hands in front of his chest, looking at him with a smile.

"Where are she?" Zhang Xuan asked coldly.

"Don't worry! Your little girl is safe and I can hand her over to you right away, but! I have a small condition."

"condition?"

"Of course there must be conditions!"

Zhang Chuchen said proudly: "You can make conditions for my adoptive father, because you captured his people. Similarly, your people are in my hands. Should I also make conditions?"

Zhang Xuan stared at her for a moment and asked lightly: "You can actually trade her for Lee Sunheng, why don't you ask?"

"I have always done whatever I want. What do you do with so much nonsense?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Okay! What conditions do you want?"

Zhang Chuchen raised his slender eyebrows, and a smile in his eyes, "Last time, I was in the West Market! You were hunted by Yuwen Taibao. I saved you once and competed with you once. However, I considered that you were going north soon, so I showed mercy. I heard that you have practiced the Blue Stone Sutra well, so I want to compete with you again. If you beat me, I will give you the little girl."

"But what if I lose?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Zhang Chuchen clenched his teeth. "If you lose, I will return the little girl to you, but if you get the Blue Stone Sutra and the Ziyang Ji method, it is my master's property and you can't occupy it!"

Zhang Xuan took out a brocade bag from the horse bag and threw it to Zhang Chuchen, "This is the bluestone scripture, I will give it to you now, and I will give it to you in three months."

Zhang Chuchen caught the secret bag, gritted his silver teeth and said, "Don't you dare to compete with me in swords?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "I'm afraid that you will lose the sword, but I will be angry and unwilling to return the little girl to me."

"As long as you defeat me with your real skills, I, Zhang Chuchen, admit that I will lose, come on!"

Zhang Xuan pulled out the battle knife. Suddenly, cold light shone, "Please, girl!"

"Take it!" Zhang Chuchen shouted softly, and the long sword was unsheathed, like a bolt of lightning stabbing towards Zhang Xuan. It was extremely fast and the sword was extremely sharp.

If Zhang Xuan was not her opponent before going to the grassland, she would be frantically killed by her fast sword. But now he is no longer Wu Xia Ameng, and Zhang Chuchen's sword no longer poses no threat to him.

Zhang Xuan was not panicked. With a spitting out his sword, he blocked all the opponent's attack routes. He could attack, but he took the defense. This was Zhang Xuan giving her face.

Zhang Chuchen was stunned. She found that her sword could not be attacked at all. She then jumped up like a flying swallow in the air. She turned over and jumped nearly one meter high, and passed by Zhang Xuan's head. The long sword pierced Zhang Xuan's back shoulder in the air.

Zhang Xuan laughed, "The girl's sword seems to have slowed down."

He came first, grabbed Zhang Chuchen's sword with his backhand, and his hands were like iron pliers, firmly clamping her sword.

Zhang Chuchen was shocked, "Give up!" She shouted anxiously, and the sword was pulled back. If Zhang Xuan did not let go, all five fingers would be cut off, but the sword seemed to be sucked firmly in Zhang Xuan's hand, motionless.

"Does the girl still fight?"

Zhang Xuan slowly strengthened his strength, and the sword began to turn bent. This ice sword was created by Master Ziyang for her when Zhang Chuchen left Zhongnan Mountain. Zhang Chuchen loves his life. Seeing that he was about to be broken by Zhang Xuan, she shouted in anxiety, "Let go, I admit defeat!"

Zhang Xuan let go of the sword, but his body quickly retreated several feet away. Zhang Chuchen stomped his feet in anger, "You are playing a rogue, what kind of competition is this?"

Zhang Xuan smiled, "I'm actually not a warrior of the same kind as the girl. If the girl competes with me, she is actually just retreating to the north."

"Who are you?"

Zhang Xuan did not answer her words, and he suddenly slashed at a big tree with a thick bowl next to him. With a "crack!", the big tree was actually cut into two pieces by him with one knife. This knife was worth a thousand pounds.

Zhang Chuchen's face turned pale, and she suddenly understood that the first move Zhang Xuan could cut off her sword. In the face of powerful power, she could not even resist a single sword.

Zhang Xuan put away his knife and bowed to her, "I promised the girl that she would definitely return the Ziyang ancient scrolls in three months. Please tell me where is my maid?"

Zhang Chuchen looked at him with complicated eyes, turned over the horse, urged the horse to run outside the temple, and shouted from afar: "Come with me!"

Zhang Xuan quickly got on the horse and followed her to the west market.

The reason why Zhang Xuan gave her enough face was because she did not hand A Yuan over to Dou Qing, otherwise the negotiations at noon today might not be so smooth. From this, it can be seen that she is a woman with a strong principle and will never do anything to take advantage of others' danger.

The two of them came to the back door of a powder shop in West City. Zhang Chuchen pointed with a horse whip and said, "You go knock on the door!"

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knocked on the door. A little obedient and round face appeared in front of him. It was A Yuan, the little maid who Zhang Xuan threw in Qinghe County. A Yuan did not expect that it was Zhang Xuan outside the door. Her eyes turned red and she threw herself into Zhang Xuan's arms and started crying.

Zhang Xuan felt really guilty. He retreated in a hurry and threw her to Lu Qingyuan before he could tell her. Once Zhang Jin claimed that she was his maid, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Good boy, stop crying. When did you come to Luoyang?"

"Here comes again, who is the good boy?"

A Yuan muttered, and couldn't help but burst into tears. She wiped her tears embarrassedly and complained: "Young Master doesn't leave an address, which makes people in Luoyang inquire everywhere. I only found out that you are in the Forbidden Garden area in the west of the city, but I can't enter the Forbidden Garden. Thanks to my sister, I really don't know what to do."

Zhang Xuan looked back at Zhang Chuchen meaningfully, and it turned out that she had been monitoring herself in Xi Neiyuan. (To be continued.)
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