Reincarnation of the powerful minister

One of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanfu.

It was the end of August, the trees on both sides of the Yangtze River were not withered, and the sweet osmanthus was fragrant. The wind in Xuanfu already made people feel cool all over the body. The temperature difference between morning and evening was huge, and sometimes it snowed in the middle of the night.

In an unremarkable small courtyard next to the deserted road, a dozen or so people were sparsely sitting at the base of the broken stone wall basking in the sun.

Among these people are people from the Central Plains, people from the North Desert, and Semu people from more distant foreign lands.There are also various costumes, including ordinary soldiers, hunters, shepherds, merchants... There is even a walking monk with a sutra bag and a back frame.

A group of weird people gathered together in a ghostly place, chatting about weird things.

Orion said: "I have to change to a horse that can bear the weight, otherwise I won't be able to hang all my heads. Shepherd, how about stealing some good horses for me? I heard that Oara's horses are the best, and Tatars are second."

The shepherd said, "Bah! Are you a problem with horses? You are greedy! You have to round up all your heads, and don't leave any for others."

The merchant said: "Yes, the one who fights tigers is the most greedy. He heard that the treatment is the same as that of the frontier army, and the military achievements can be exchanged for real. Now he hugs Lao Ye's thigh tighter than anyone else, and he forgets when Lao Ye first came. , How did he and his brothers team up to run on others."

The monk said, "Less grandma take a mouthful of Laoye, you can call Laoye? Beware that the team is shooting you through your navel!"

The soldier said: "Hush, the team is coming!"

A group of people stood up from the wall and looked at the man who was walking towards them.

The man was in his early thirties, wearing dark waist-length cotton armor, black jacket and trousers tied tightly with leggings, no helmet on his head, and only a cloth strip to fix his hair in a bun.The whole person is like a straight spear, even when walking, he maintains a tense state, as if he is ready to enter a battle at any time.

When he spoke, his tone was still gentle, but his eyes were brave and sharp like the smoke of iron and blood on the battlefield.

It was Huo Dun who joined the army in Lingzhou, and now he is the captain of a team that does not accept nights in Xuanfu.

"Are you idle? What are you talking about?" Horton asked.

"No! Captain, we just finished the mission and are preparing to take over the next mission after rest."

"I'm going to feed the horses."

"I want to clean the weapon."

"I'm going to see if the homing pigeon has come back."

"I...I want to pee!"

A group of people made birds and beasts.

Horton shook his head, pushed open the old wooden courtyard door, and entered the main house through the patio.

The main house is as barren as the surrounding wilderness, with only a hard bed, a wardrobe, and a set of tables and chairs, but on the table next to the window, there is a clay pot with flowering branches.

The flower is the most common white mountain plum in the wild. The petals are small and the fragrance is thin, but it has a wild and wild charm that cannot be destroyed by wind and rain.

Because of this flower, the whole room added a touch of elegance to the gloom, as if there was only a bit of scholarly spirit left in the war.

Sitting at the desk was a man dressed as a scholar, bowing his head and writing something on a page.

The first time Huo Dun opened the door, he saw the scholar's thin back, and then walked forward along the curved fair neck - saw the same white wild mountain plum.

It was a flower branch that he picked off because he scratched his hat when he passed a certain mountain.The corner of Huo Dun's mouth couldn't help showing a smile, and he called out, "Old Ye!"

Yan Chengxue, the former minister of Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi—now called Lou Yexue—did not turn around immediately after hearing the sound, and just finished writing the last two lines in his hand, before putting down his pen, he turned around and said, "Why are you calling so loudly?" , I'm not deaf... come in."

Horton walked into the room, closed the door casually, took off the shoulder armor, wrist guard, and saber along the way, and threw them on the table casually.He sat down on the chair, seemed to be completely relaxed, and let out a long breath.

Lou Yexue looked at the inkstone with a few drops of ink splashed out, frowned, and swallowed her complaints before she could leave her mouth.

Huo Dun smiled and said, "Thanks to you, I came back alive again."

Lou Yexue's face is pale, with shallow brows, narrow nose, narrow nose and thin lips. She is not a lucky face. There is always a trace of natural sarcasm in her eyes, as if she doesn't like anyone.

His heart is born from his heart, and his heart is also far from being "magnanimous". He is cunning, mean, and irritable.However, when it comes to his only true friend, he seems to be extremely patient, willing to listen to the other person's stupid words, and try to laugh as lightly as possible.

He said disapprovingly: "A person who has died once, what blessings can he trust? It is your own destiny."

Ever since being fed a bowl of fake poison by Su Yan and coming to the Xuan Mansion with a narrow escape, Huo Dun became more tolerant towards Lou Yexue, and there were fewer disputes with different opinions.

What is there to argue about?Every time he went deep into the enemy's territory to go on a mission, he always had the determination to never return.As for Lou Yexue, who stayed behind, as the planner and commander of the mission, the psychological burden was ten times and a hundred times heavier than him. Every judgment he made and every order he gave was on the life of Huo Dun.

——Since he has put his life in the hands of the other party, why can't he back down?

Still smiling, Huo Dun replied, "That's also because you planned well."

When walking on thin ice and exhausting your mind become the norm, some people will have a nervous breakdown, while others will be trained to be more sharp, tenacious and powerful.

When Lou Yexue came to the Xuan Mansion with a new name, a paper of appointment, and a flag badge, she was caught in a difficult situation——

Yebushou's establishment is incomplete. He claims to be the general banner, and his subordinates can manage 50 people, but in fact less than half of them.It's okay not to roll the name, but after one roll call, I ran away again.Why?Seeing that the new immediate boss is a white-faced scholar, he believes that his blind command will turn the entire team into cannon fodder.

Those who remained did not accept him, all kinds of disrespect, provocation, and obedience.

The boss dictated and interfered in his battle plan.

The military pay is insufficient and the treatment is low. Even the frontier soldiers treat them as non-staff.

At the most difficult time, he had a deep sense of doubt and powerlessness about himself, and felt that maybe Su Yan was right, he would not lead troops at all, and all his persistence and pride for a long time were just a joke.

It was Huo Dun's trust and unconditional support all the time, which supported him to come to the present day, and finally brought out a lightning-fast and dagger-sharp team. night ghost.

If there is no Holden...

Lou Yexue sighed slightly, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Huo Dun: "What new information do you have?"

Huo Dun took the cup and drank it in one gulp, and said, "Wuhalang left the Tatar headquarters and went west. According to his whereabouts, he may be heading for the land of Oara."

good news!Lou Yexue's eyes lit up.

After the Yebushou team he led began to harvest results, he suddenly received a secret order from Jin Yiwei.

The three characters Jin Yiwei not only represent an army of the emperor who is guarding, assassinating, and interrogating, but also a direct communicator of the emperor's will—when it is inconvenient to issue imperial edicts in the name of the court.

The secret order gave this night-buying team a task that must be completed: to find the best time to assassinate Uharang, the son of the Tatar grand master, and blame him on Oala, so as to provoke the conflict between Tatar and Oara.

Looking at the secret order, Lou Yexue's fingers were trembling—this task is too suitable for him!The snipe and clam fight each other for the fisherman's benefit, not only turning the barbarians he hates the most into snipe and clam, but also causing the current most powerful anti-ming alliance in Beimo to collapse, and freeing the Daming border from the increasingly dense intrusion.

A task that can be called affecting the diplomatic pattern of border defense!Only from the level of the emperor can the decision to execute the task fall into his hands!

After the excitement, Lou Yexue quickly calmed down.

This task is of great importance, and it can only succeed and not fail. He must make a plan and make sure that he hits the target, otherwise it will be difficult to get a second chance.

For this reason, he stared at Wuha Lang for two whole months, and finally he waited.

He asked again: "What's happened to Wala recently?"

Huo Dun said: "The number of people who are not accepted at night in Yulin Guard is even smaller than ours, and the Ningxia Guard can't be contacted at all, and there is no latest news. But judging from the information sent back in the past few months, the safe return of the eldest prince, Altan, is temporarily Stabilized Wala's heart."

He thought further: "It is reasonable to say that this biggest misunderstanding has been eliminated, and the Holy Majesty has ordered many times to appease. King Khan Hu Kuoli should appreciate it. After all, they were the ones who surrendered to us at the beginning because they said they were at odds with the Tatars. But according to Under the current circumstances, Oala still seems to insist on an alliance with his old enemy Tatar, and he is determined to deal with Daming together, which is a bit abnormal..."

Lou Yexue sneered: "It's normal. People who are not of my race must have a different heart. As I said earlier, these uncivilized barbarians are like wild beasts, and they cannot be treated by human beings."

Huo Dun knew that he hated Bei Mo to the core, and no one would change his opinion, so he changed his mind and said, "I suspect that Wu Ha Lang was ordered by his father to go to Oala to discuss the alliance. On the Oara side, I heard that Khan Hukuoli is not in good health, and he has delegated many government affairs of the tribe to the elder Heiduo and the prince Altan, maybe he will let Altan come forward to complete this alliance."

Lou Yexue smiled slowly, as if the malice that had been frozen in her heart for a long time was finally released: "Then let 'Altan' kill Wuhalang, how about it?"

Assassinating Uharang, blaming Altan, and completely destroying this alliance is indeed the most beneficial situation for Da Ming at present.Horton nodded in agreement.

A layer of blush appeared on Lou Yexue's pale cheeks, and she looked a little better.He sat back on the chair again, grabbed a stack of papers, wrote quickly, and drew.

"This time I will go out with the team and go to the Oara border." He said while writing the strategy.

Huo Dun frowned: "It's too dangerous to go deep into the enemy's territory, and the road is very bumpy. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it with your body."

Lou Yexue's cheeks turned morbidly red, and she said in an almost excited tone: "For such a task, not to mention whether I can afford it or not, it's worth my life in exchange for success! Besides, the distance is too far away. , the situation is changing rapidly, if I don’t go, how to formulate and adjust the strategy? No need to persuade!”

Horton knew that he couldn't be persuaded if he was stubborn, and what he said was indeed reasonable, so he could only silently agree.

As Lou Yexue was writing, she suddenly stopped writing, raised her face to look at the flowering branches in the pot, and asked abruptly, "Where's Su Yan?"

Huo Dun was taken aback, and replied: "He is still in Shaanxi to consolidate the new policy of government and animal husbandry. It is said that the results are outstanding, and the local people call him Su Qingtian."

Lou Yexue was silent for a while: "The Ma Zheng, who is riddled with holes, has really been revitalized by him..."

At this moment, his mood is a bit complicated.Su Yan was the culprit for his and Huo Dun's dismissal and interrogation, and he should have hated him to the core, but he and Huo Dun were indeed rescued by Su Yan, who sent them to Yebushuo.At first, he thought it was a deliberate attempt to torture them and make them suffer badly.But as time went by, he and Huo Dun emerged in Yebushou, and gradually began to suspect Su Yan's real intentions... Is this really torture?Or grind?

But Lou Yexue still didn't agree with what Su Yan and the Beimo people said about justice, especially the flirtatious friendship between him and Altan, so he couldn't help but have a malicious thought, and asked Huo Dun: "Tell me, what would happen if Su Twelve faced Altan's swords on the battlefield?"

Huo Dun was slightly taken aback, and replied without much hesitation: "I will probably try to persuade you to make peace first."

"Would you like to be persuaded? To fight, or not to fight?"

Horton thought and thought, and finally said with certainty: "Fight!"

Lou Yexue sneered slightly: "Is it possible? Such a soft-hearted person can't even kill me."

That's because in Su Yan's view, we are still useful to Daming, and this usefulness is greater than arranging our troubles.Huo Dun sighed: "Do you still remember the heads of those assassins and messengers he spread all over Shaanxi? Whoever wants to kill him, he will mercilessly fight back. Also, how did he treat the vacuum sect and From the Seven Killing Battalion? It shows that this person has a boundary line in his heart, one side of the line is warm spring, and the other side is cold winter."

What this boundary line is, Lou Yexue roughly guessed - it is the safety of himself and the people he cares about, as well as Da Ming's country and society.

"...I am looking forward to that moment." Lou Yexue suddenly laughed and continued to write.