The best county magistrate

One day in late June, the envoy team to Northern Liao stopped at Haiyang Pass.

Haiyang Pass, this historic pass, located between two mountains, is famous for its grandeur and impregnability.

The surface of the city wall is covered with traces of time, and each trace tells of the past glory and vicissitudes.

On the city wall of the majestic Haiyang Pass, Yang Xuanchen and Wu Yiguang stood side by side.

For a while, the two of them had been looking at the plain ahead.

The people behind them looked at the two people's strange behavior in silence, guessing what they were thinking in their hearts.

"Master Xiao Yang, what do you think when you see this vast plain and these beautiful mountains and rivers?"

Wu Yi Guang's rough voice drew Yang Xuanchen's gaze back.

The General Wu in front of him was a meritorious minister who followed Emperor Jianwen in the uprising and had made unparalleled military achievements.

His lifelong pursuit was to expand territory and conquer more territory for Dayan and Emperor Jianwen.

Faced with his question, Yang Xuanchen was startled. This guy seemed to be a warmonger.

He did not answer Wu Yi Guang's question immediately. Instead, he walked forward a few steps, climbed onto the wall, and stood on the wall.

He took out a telescope from his arms, looked around carefully, then turned around and threw it to Wu Yiguang, signaling with his eyes that he should also climb up the wall.

After Wu Yi Guang looked around through the telescope, Yang Xuanchen smiled and spoke while seeing his shocked expression.

"The vast land and mountains belong to the virtuous!"

"If Emperor Tianren is virtuous, our Great Yan soldiers will have no choice but to defend Haiyang Pass."

As he spoke, Yang Xuanchen's tone rose several degrees, and his tone became icy cold, "If he has no moral integrity, he will destroy Northern Liao!"

"Good! Well said!" Wu Yiguang put his hand on Yang Xuanchen's shoulder with an excited smile on his face, "Master Yang, do you think that old man has moral integrity?"

"I don't know whether he is a moral person or not, but his sons are not that good." As he said this, he took out a piece of white paper from his arms and handed it to Wu Yi Guang.

"Crown Prince Park In-jae, Fourth Prince Park In-fu, Third Prince and Sixth Prince are not good people. General Wu will know it after seeing it."

"It's getting late, the delegation is about to leave, take care, General Wu!"

Yang Xuanchen jumped off the city wall cleanly and neatly, then turned and left.

"Master Xiao Yang, your 'clairvoyance'!"

"It's your 'clairvoyance'!" Yang Xuanchen waved his hand and slowly disappeared from Wu Yiguang's sight with an inexplicable smile.

Wu Yiguang stroked the clairvoyance in his hand, feeling mixed emotions.

If every scout could be equipped with a magical object that could see a thousand miles away, it would reduce casualties and bring back more useful military intelligence.

Yang Xuanchen gave away such things as he wished, and he gave away hundreds and thousands of them at a time. Wu Yiguang would remember this kindness for the rest of his life.

When the Great Yan delegation came out from under the tower, Wu Yi Guang used his inner strength to shout loudly: "Yi Guang is waiting for Lord Yang to return safely at Haiyang Pass!"

Yang Xuanchen stuck his head out of the carriage and waved towards the tower, "I want to drink good wine when I come back!"

Wu Yiguang did not respond to this request, but jumped off the city wall and shouted to a deputy general: "Go! Buy a few carts of fine wine and put them in the warehouse!"

The conversation between the two on the city wall seems simple, but it actually contains a lot of mystery.

Wu Yigang wanted to fight, and Yang Xuanchen supported him, but also told him that now was not the right time to fight and that they had to wait until the delegation returned from Northern Liao before making a decision.

As a general who has experienced many battles, Wu Yi Guang may seem like a brainless man, but he is more thoughtful than anyone else.

He held the secret letter handed to him by Yang Xuanchen in his pocket, with a sly smile on his face, "Then let's see what tricks you, a civil servant, can come up with."

"General, Lord Yang's carriage has gone far away." The deputy general stepped forward to remind.

Wu Yiguang came back to his senses and gave an order in a deep voice: "Pass my order to strengthen the defense of Haiyang Pass and pay close attention to the movements of Northern Liao."

"The Clairvoyance that Master Xiao Yang sent must be equipped to the scout team as soon as possible."

"Yes, General!" The deputy general took the order and left.

Wu Yiguang raised his head and looked into the distance again, muttering in his heart: "Yang Xuanchen! I am looking forward to going to the battlefield with you, conquering the Northern Liao and destroying the Southern Barbarians!"

After passing Haiyang Pass is the Yanliu Plain, and it only takes half a day to reach the majestic pass city of Yanzhou in Northern Liao.

The envoys from Dayan were escorted by soldiers from Haiyang Pass and were safe along the way.

Several waves of bandits on the plain took a look from afar and gave up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation.

Yang Xuanchen and Wang Tieshan sat side by side at the front of the carriage, and he was playing with a tiger talisman in his hand from time to time.

Wang Tieshan took a sip of wine and glanced at the tiger talisman in his hand, then said with a smile: "Wu Yiguang is very generous to lend you his elite troops."

"Of course not. If he doesn't lend me some people, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back after going to Huajing City." Yang Xuanchen curled his lips.

This Wu Yi Guang is not as generous as Wang Tieshan said. He even gave away nearly a thousand telescopes in exchange for it.

Along the way, I was counting on these soldiers to protect me from the wind and rain. Otherwise, who knows what tricks those princes of Northern Liao or some marquises and princes would come up with.

Before he left, Xia Zhi sent back a message. There were not many words on the letter, but it definitely contained a lot of information.

"Master Wang, the old emperor of Northern Liao is more fertile than Your Majesty. He has a lot of sons and daughters, and the most promising ones are trying to deal with me right now."

Wang Tieshan heard him say that and narrowed his eyes as if he was interested. "Tell me about it."

"You've met Park In Jae, the prince. He's the closest to me on the surface."

"The fourth prince, Park In-fu, also wants to get a piece of the pie from the mutual trade."

"There are also the Second Prince and the Sixth Prince, who I haven't met yet. They have also made some moves recently..."

Yang Xuanchen talked on and on for a long time, basically covering all the developments in Huajing City.

The focus is still on the Crown Prince Park In-jae of Northern Liao and the Fourth Prince Park In-bok. There is not much information about the other princes and princesses.

In short, some of the royal family of Northern Liao wanted to win him over, while others wanted to kill him, but they all had only one goal.

Benefit!

"Xuanchen, let me remind you that the water in Bei Liao is much deeper than that in Dayan."

Wang Tieshan took another sip of wine and said, "Northern Liao has been established for more than 400 years, and the aristocratic families are intertwined. We must be careful in everything we do."

Yang Xuanchen nodded, he understood that Wang Tieshan’s worries were not unreasonable.

Northern Liao is different from Dayan. The power structure there is more complicated and various forces are entangled.

If you are careless, you might end up capsizing in a ditch.

"Master Wang, can you tell me what you know about Northern Liao?" Yang Xuanchen asked curiously.

Wang Tieshan groaned for a moment and said slowly: "You should know more about the forces in the open than I do, so I won't say more."

Hearing him say this, Yang Xuanchen's eyes brightened and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully to him telling some unknown secrets.

"There is a solitary mountain outside Huajing City. On the mountain stands a Taoist temple. The current temple master is as powerful as me, or maybe even better..."

"My Chao! More powerful than Master Wang?" Yang Xuanchen exclaimed.

Wang Tieshan nodded, a serious look on his face. "That guy is younger than me. He came to me when he came down the mountain. I defeated him, but he didn't have a good time either."

"As long as you don't mess around in Huajing City, he won't look for you..."

At this point, Wang Tieshan looked at Yang Xuanchen beside him with a strange look, "How many guns did you bring?"

Ok?

Why was he suddenly asked this question when everything was going fine? Yang Xuanchen was a little confused, but he still answered honestly.

"Everyone brought two. I have two short ones, and Yu Wei, Wu Qingshan, and Butterfly all have two."

Yang Xuanchen said this and thought for a few breaths, "Probably more than twenty in total."

Wang Tieshan shook his head and sighed, "If you bring everyone from Qingshui County with you, we might be able to kill him!"

I'm wondering, so this is why you, old man, asked me how many guns I carried?

It was you who lost a move back then, not me. The old man really holds a grudge.

But then again, if you can kill a master in the Saint Realm, it is still worth a try.

"Master Wang, do you want revenge?"

Yang Xuanchen leaned close to his ear and whispered, "How about luring him to Yueguan Town, and I'll arrange some people to do something powerful to him?"

puff.

He spit out a mouthful of wine, "Your idea is good! We can try it after we're done."