Xu Ziyuan buried his head in the document and kept reviewing official documents.

At his head, several clerks sat constantly copying and choosing. Some matters needed to be handled immediately, and the clerks hurriedly went out to find the relevant officials in charge after Xu Ziyuan's instructions.

From time to time, people come in and out, but no one in the room looked up to pay attention. Everyone has endless business tasks. Compared to the mainland, there are still too few talents here in Ningxia.

In fact, there are not many scholars here, and there are not as many people willing to come here to contribute their youth and blood, as Xu Ziyuan imagined. Over the years, the number of graduates in the academy has increased, but in terms of quality and concern for the country and the people, it is far worse than before.

The earliest group of people like Xu Ziyuan and others were real people who dared to sacrifice themselves for the country. Otherwise, they would not have resolutely followed Zhang Hui to a small, unknown place like Wuyi.

But no one regrets their choice. They have been exposed to completely different knowledge in Wuwei Academy. In Xu Ziyuan's words, it is not only an eye, but also an wisdom.

Except for a very small number of people who overturned the car and had an accident, almost all of them held the power in the current Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the people who can be the governor of a province like Xu Ziyuan are still phoenix-sized, but this was exchanged for Xu Ziyuan's life. When he only brought a few people to find Zhang Jia alone, he really put his life aside.

An official in green robe tiptoed in and went straight to Xu Ziyuan's big case. He bowed and said, "Du Xu, Protector Xue Du is gone."

The pen in Xu Ziyuan's hand condensed in the air for a moment, and then the pen was like a dragon and a snake: "You'll leave when you leave. I've said everything I should say. Could it be that I'll still have to beat gongs and drums to see him off?"

When the green robe official heard this, he turned around and wanted to leave. After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "Xue Duhu was not going back to Wuyi. He turned around and walked towards the Western Regions. It seemed that he had changed his mind and returned to the Western Regions!"

With a bang, a drop of thick ink fell from the tip of the pen and fell onto the official document. The ink stained a lot. Xu Ziyuan stood up suddenly and looked at the green robe official in a pissy manner: "I didn't eat in the morning, and I was breathing heavily when I spoke. I don't know if I finished speaking in one breath!"

The green robe official looked at Xu Ziyuan for no reason, with a look of grievance on his face.

Xu Ziyuan was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he crossed over him and walked out, strode out, while walking, he ordered to go and escort Xue Du away.

The green robe official looked at Xu Ziyuan with only one back left in a daze. Didn’t he still feel disdainful just now? Why did he change his appearance in the blink of an eye?

Such a fickle leader is really hard to serve!

After Xue Ping came out of the city, he never came back. He sat by the canal, looking at the extremely wheat waves, the hardworking farmers, and the endless merchants, and suddenly realized something in his heart.

"Let's go back to Kucha!" He stood up and told the servants behind him and Sima Kai-shek.

Sima Kai did not react for a moment, and several servants were overjoyed. They kept following Xue Ping, and naturally they knew that this time his husband returned, he actually had a sense of swearing to die. Once the husband of the real man did this, I am afraid that the Xue family would never have a day to recover.

When Xue Ping collapsed, they naturally collapsed.

But they had no room for opposition, and all they could do was just follow silently.

Now that Xue Ping changed his mind, they were naturally so happy that they were about to jump up.

"I'll go back and get the salute!"

"I'll go back to drive the carriage!"

Sima Kai finally reacted. He waved his hand to the guards following him, whispered a few instructions, asking these people to go back and arrange, and he followed Xue Ping who was slowly moving forward.

"Master Xue, aren't you going to say goodbye to Du Xu?" he asked.

Xue Ping shook his head: "No, everything you should say has been said. When we meet again, there is nothing to say. By the way, Sima, isn't your person going back to Wuyi to deliver things?"

Sima Kai smiled: "That's all secondary. You can take it back if you find a caravan. The head of the family ordered me to protect the safety of Xue Duhu. Since Xue Duhu is going back, I will naturally be with you."

"Okay." Xue Ping nodded: "When you ask your people to pack up your things, don't forget to go to the city tower and bring me that globe."

"Yes, the Protector!" Sima Kai replied.

No matter what, it was a great thing that Xue Ping decided to go back. The Sima family had not lived a very good life in the Western Regions. It was not until Xue Ping became the arch-guardian of the Western Regions that they were truly valued. Once Xue Ping resigned, they were afraid that they would be suppressed again. Now that Xue Ping decided to go back, there was real hope for the Sima family to turn around.

In the Central Plains, they could not go back for a while. The two young men who were studying in the academy were still young. It was obviously not something that could be done in a short time. At present, the Western Regions actually have a lot of opportunities. As long as someone supports it, it is not too difficult to rebuild the reputation of the Sima clan.

Although the Sima family is now in a downturn, if they really want to talk about it, they still want people and money.

A group of people set out on the return journey again.

Xu Ziyuan and several followers chased after him, but saw that the other party had already boarded the ferry, so he rushed down and ran for a while, climbed up a hill by the river, turned over and got off the horse, and reached out, "Hurry, hurry up, set up the drum for me!"

The two followers took off a big drum from their horses, and were anxious to prepare the drum rack. They held the big drum half-kneeled on Xu Ziyuan's front, one left and one right.

The ferry slowly came from the upstream, with one person on the bow and behind his hands, which one was not Xue Ping?

Xu Ziyuan raised the drumstick high with both hands and knocked it hard.

Dong!

Dongdong!

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

Haven't you seen the horses walking on the snow by the sea?

The plain sand is vast and yellow into the sky.

The 9th month of Luntai roars at night,

The gravel in a river is as big as a bucket,

Walking around the ground with the wind and rocks.

The Huns' grass is yellow and the horse is fat,

Kingsoft sees smoke and dust flying in the west,

The Han general went west to march.

The general's golden armor does not take off at night,

The army was running in the middle of the night without turning on the sword.

The limelight is like a knife and the face is like a cut.

Horse hair with snow sweat steam

Spin money into ice,

The inkstone water condenses in the pavilion.

The enemy cavalry heard that it was afraid of being intimidated.

I don't dare to take action if I know I'm going to fight.

Military advisor Ximen stood for victory.

The drums rumbling, and Xu Ziyuan sang at the top of his lungs.

The boat slowly passed by the mountain. Xue Ping looked up at Xu Ziyuan who was beating the drums on the hill, clasped his fists and bowed deeply.

The wind blew, stirring the sails and headed towards the pier on the opposite bank downstream.

But the drums were endless.

Outside Yinzhou City, drums were rumbling and horns were endless. Several left-martial guards were hovering back and forth, practicing the battle formation. On the martial arts stage, Li Cunzhong, who had a big beard, stood still with a helmet and armor.

After several years of training, the Zuowu Guards are now fully qualified and well-funded. With the repeated elimination of weak and poor, the Zuowu Guards have only left over 20,000 troops, but their combat effectiveness has reached another level. Speaking of which, although Li Ze left the Zuowu Guards in Yinzhou, they have never looked at their equipment differently.

After all, this is the front line for guarding against the Tubo people. Of course, now, the Zuo Wuwei is no longer the defensive posture he used to be, but is becoming more and more aggressive.

Tubo is becoming more and more chaotic, but at this time it is not a good opportunity for the Zuo Wuwei to take action. However, he is more powerful, but he can more effectively deter certain people in Tubo.

Once the overall situation in the country is determined, it is time for them to show their skills.

Han Rui rushed to the stage of the performance and whispered: "General, the news just came from Ningxia. Xue Duhu did not return to Wuyi. Instead, he returned to the Western Regions."

Li Cunzhong was stunned, turned his head and said, "Xue Ping is not a person who is easily shaken. What's wrong?"

"According to the information I found out, someone intends to assassinate Xue Dupu on the way back!" Han Rui's voice became even lower.

Li Cunzhong's face froze: "Xu Ziyuan?"

Han Rui shook his head: "No, it's from the Xiang family in Lingnan. The person who planned this matter was finally caught by Xu Ziyuan. And Xue Ping seemed to have confirmed the matter. This is too inexplicable. Is there any other trick here?"

"This kind of thing cannot be fake!" Li Cunzhong was silent for a while. "The general idea is that the Lingnan Xiang family felt that Xue Duhu was not very useful when he went back alone, so he wanted to kill him and frame Li Xiang. If this basin of dirty water really splashed on it, Li Xiang would not be able to clean it."

"It's unreasonable to really mention it!" Han Rui said angrily.

Li Cunzhong smiled: "Xue Ping has gone back, which has a great blow to many people. He is different after all."

"What about us now?"

"We?" Li Cunzhong suddenly laughed: "When did we get in touch with the Xiang family? We have never had any relationship with them."

"Then the people sent to the family?"

"Tie, secretly send it back to Wuyi." Li Cunzhong said.

"Why not give it to the inner guard?"

"They took them back and were a little different from us." Li Cunzhong said with a smile.

Han Rui nodded understandingly: "I understand."
Chapter completed!