"General, I have a confusion. I don't want to speak up. I don't know if the general can..."

Mrs. Sima looked at Jialan, her tone was gentle, and she was quite hesitant in her words.

"Madam, you are polite." Jialan smiled, "I am just a beacon in Lunchuan. If I can't be called a general, I'd better call me a Dharma name. If my wife is confused, I should solve it myself. Now the situation in the West and the Turkish land is complicated and changing rapidly. In the future, we must work together, otherwise it may be difficult to reach Dunhuang smoothly, let alone go east to Chang'an."

Mrs. Sima was not polite and said immediately, "Jialan, I saw that your relationship with the Turkic princess is extraordinary today, which proves that you have considerable power in the Western Land. Although I don't know the Western Land Duwei Mansion, I know that since the emperor inherited the throne, Pei Shiju of the Pei family in Hedong has actually been in charge of the Western Land strategy. Can I understand this way, the Pei family has been controlling the Western Land Duwei Mansion."

This was said very sharply, pointing to the point. Xue Deyin's face changed slightly, and there was a look of worry in her eyes, for fear that Qi Niang would anger Galan.

After thinking a little, Galan nodded slightly.

"Jalan, do you know Pei Shiju?" asked Mrs. Sima.

Jialan nodded again, "Wenxi Gong has the kindness of knowing me. I joined the army at the age of 11 and met Ming Gong at the age of 14. I followed Ming Gong, listened to his teachings, and followed his orders. If Ming Gong had not appreciated, trusted and valued me, I would not have been like Jialan today."

The three members of the Xue family suddenly looked solemn. The Xue family had guessed that with Jialan's age and lowly background, even though he was very skilled, outstanding ingenuity and meritorious, if he had no strong backer, it would be impossible for him to become a sixth-rank troupe commander before he was removed from the people. To this day, he saw his unusual relationship with the Turkic nobles with his own eyes, which further confirmed that Jialan once had considerable power. Otherwise, the nobles of the Western Land's nobles would not have been able to pretend to be disrespectful to him, and the Turkic princess was even more impossible. From this, it can be inferred that Jialan once had a special status in the Western Regions Duwei Mansion, so who gave his status and power? The answer was about to come out.

Pei Shiju was Jialan's backer. Pei Shiju granted Jialan great power. Jialan immediately became the messenger between the Great Sui Dynasty and the Western Land, becoming an intermediary, and then had the conditions to become a power broker.

"Jia Lan, I heard from Master Zhong Shu that your life was saved by Xue Shixiong."

Mrs. Sima was eager to know the true relationship between Jialan and Pei Shiju. This was so important, it was related to the life and death of the Xue family.

"I have a dual identity." Jialan said, "The Old Wolf Mansion is directly responsible for the disaster of Yiwudao. Although he eventually sent Ni Juechuluo Khan to Chang'an and realized the strategy of three-point Western Turks, his merits and demerits are difficult to offset. Ming Gong, as the maker of this strategy, was naturally implicated. At that time, he could not even save Pei Hongce, the commander of the Old Wolf Mansion, let alone save me. My other identity is the brigade commander of the Yingyang Mansion in Shanshan. He once followed the Old Wolf Mansion to fight against the Western Land, so it was the Old Wolf Mansion who saved me, not Ming Gong."

"Jalan, who is the current commander of the Western Regions Commander's Office?" Xue Deyin asked.

"Changsun Heng'an." Jialan said, "He is the second son of Changsun Sheng, Duke of Qi. I remember Duke Ming once told me that Changsun Sheng was a close minister of the late emperor. He had been in charge of foreign affairs for a long time and had made outstanding contributions to curbing and combating the Turks. After the emperor inherited the throne, most of the meritorious and old ministers that the late emperor relied on were idle. Duke Ming was valued by the emperor and was used by the emperor to preside over foreign affairs instead of Changsun Sheng."

Jialan looked at the three members of the Xue family and asked, "I wonder if the wife and Dalangjun know this Changsun Erlang?"

"When my father was alive, he had some contact with Changsun Sheng, Duke of Qi." Xue Deyin said, "Although my father was the Xue clan of Hedong, he was an old minister of Gaoqi. The Changsun clan was originally a royal family of the Wei state in the previous dynasty. His ancestor followed Emperor Xiaowu into the pass and became a prominent family of Guanxi Lu. The Xue clan is a Han surname, the Changsun clan is a barbarian surname, the Xue clan is an old minister of Gaoqi, Shandong, and the Changsun clan is a nobleman of Guanxi. Think about it, how deep will the friendship between our two families be?"

When Galan heard this, she immediately stopped the thought of luck that had just arisen.

Mrs. Sima frowned and continued to ask, "Galan, the disaster of Yiwudao seems to be leaking secrets, but there must be hidden information. Yier's guess may be directly related to Chang'an. Don't you want to explore the secret?"

Xue Deyin hurriedly signaled with his eyes and begged Mrs. Sima not to ask questions again. If she continues to ask like this, she will definitely commit a taboo. The Xue family only wants to go home safely and does not ask about any other matters. Therefore, even if Xue Deyin clearly told him in Jialan that he was going to kill someone in Chang'an, he ignored it. The Xue family itself was not safe, so how could she care about anything else?

Jialan laughed, "In this way, my wife has guessed the purpose of my trip to Chang'an?"

"This is easy to guess." Mrs. Sima said disapprovingly, "In the disaster of Yiwudao, you are the direct victim. You want to go to Chang'an, and your purpose is clear at a glance."

"So it's hard for me to leave the Western Land." Jialan said, "I need the help of your Xue family. Of course, I won't implicate you. I only need a pass certificate from Honghua Left-behind Mansion."

"Galan, don't you want to hear your advice?"

Galan bowed and gave a gift, "Please give me some advice."

"The Pei family in Hedong is full of branches and leaves. There were two important officials of the Pei family in the central center of the dynasty, but neither of these two important officials of the Pei family were old officials of Guanxi. The censor Pei Yun came from Chen in Nannan, and the Huangmen Minister Pei Shiju came from Gaoqi, Shandong." Mrs. Sima smiled slightly, "Garan, do you understand what you said?"

Galan hesitated and said nothing.

"The former emperor had four ministers, Gao Bing, Yu Qingze, Su Wei, and Yang Su. What are you there except Su Wei who is surviving? Guanxi has six prominent families, including Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, and Du, as well as Yuan, Changsun, Yuwen, Yu, Lu, Yuan, and Dou. But look at the center of the dynasty, how many ministers the emperor trusts most come from Guanxi? At that time, there were five nobles, Nayan Su Wei, Yu Wen Shu, the general of the left guard, Pei Ju, the chief minister of the Huangmen, Pei Yun, and the chief minister of the Inner History. Among the five nobles, Su Wei was highly respected, but because he was an old minister of the previous dynasty, he was not trusted by the emperor and repeatedly rose and fell. Although the second Pei and the Jiangzuo Yu Shiji were favored by the emperor, they were not old ministers in Guanxi."

Galan frowned deeply, thinking.

Seeing that Jia Lan still did not understand the key, Mrs. Sima said, "After the unification of the world, the late emperor issued a series of crackdown measures to curb the government affairs of the famous families of Shandong and Jiangzuo in order to curb Guanxi. After His Majesty inherited the throne, he became more and more powerful, and he used Shandong Gaoqi and Jiangzuo's old ministers to use the power of Shandong and Jiangzuo's famous families to focus on attacking the prominent families of Guanxi. The Xue family suffered this bad luck, which arises."

"Madam, please forgive me for being stupid. What the Madam said is a struggle for power in the temple, and I am just a garrison in the West, and I am thousands of miles away from the temple. I don't understand the affairs of the temple. Madam might as well say clearly, whoever betrayed the Northwest Wolf, who caused the disaster of Yiwudao, and who should I find after I arrive in Chang'an."

Mrs. Sima frowned and pondered. Xue Deyin winked and almost begged Qi Niang not to say anything, but Qi Niang turned a blind eye.

"Galan, who is the direct beneficiary of the Iwudao disaster is the biggest suspect."

"Changsun?" asked Galan, "Madam means that the Kansai people are the mastermind behind this matter?"

"The power struggle in the temple is everywhere." Mrs. Sima did not directly answer, "The situation in the West is related to the safety of the Central Plains. The power struggle at the top of the temple will naturally extend to the Western Plains. The disaster of Yiwudao is obviously the result of the power struggle in the temple. The two sides fought to the same extent. Although Pei Shiju's Western Plains strategy was successful, it also lost control of the Western Plains Mansion. The Western Plains strategy he formulated will definitely not be actually implemented in the future, which will have a great impact on him. If Pei Shiju falls out of favor, it will not only affect the power of the Pei family in Hedong, but also affect the emperor's strategy of using Shandong and Jiangzuo's power to curb and attack the prominent families in Guanxi." Mrs. Sima glanced at Jialan and said in a punctual manner, "This also has a huge impact on Jialan."

Huge? Galan smiled and said, "Thank you for your reminder. I have long distrustred Laolang Mansion, and I don't expect Laolang Mansion to continue to reuse me."

"Jia Lan, I'm afraid that the Old Wolf Mansion will kill you." Mrs. Sima said, "You are hiding in Tulunchuan and do not threaten Lao Lang Mansion, but if you leave Tulunchuan, you want to take revenge, will Lao Lang Mansion let you go?"

Jialan's face suddenly turned cold, "Mrs. After such a big circle, she said a lot in the clouds and was just trying to tell me that Lao Lang Mansion was going to kill me?"

"Yes, because you are Pei Shiju's mansion, a wolf in the Pei Old Wolf Mansion. Now the surname Changsun of the Old Wolf Mansion, do you think you can come out as soon as you want, and if you want to take revenge, you can go to Chang'an if you want to go to Chang'an?"

"What does madam mean? I'm worried that I will go back on my word and sell you to Pei's family? Or maybe I will disagree with me and Laolang Mansion, let me and Laolang Mansion kill each other, and let your Xue family escape smoothly?"

"Galan misunderstood."

"My wife is very talented and intelligent. Through a few trivial matters, she linked the top of the temple with a small garrison. She is worthy of being from the famous family of Shize, Hanoi. But has the wife ever thought that without my protection, the Xue family might not be able to reach Dunhuang, and you and I must trust each other."

"I trust you and thank you for saving the Xue family for your life, so I thought about these things with great effort." Mrs. Sima said seriously, "This is Shanshan and Loulan. You have just stepped into this place and your strength is obviously not supported. If you arrive in Dunhuang, your strength will be even more insignificant. How can you protect the Xue family alone? If nothing unexpected happens, you can't even protect yourself. You are no longer the golden wolf head of the past. Your glory in the Western Land has become a past. You have become a legend, rather than continuing to interpret the legend."

Galan's face looked very ugly, and her breathing gradually became heavy.

"Qianniang, Jialan is more familiar with the Western Land than us. He should know how to do it..." Xue Deyin hurriedly dissuaded.

"He didn't know, he thought he was a legend of the Western Land." Mrs. Sima said bluntly, "He is the child of Er family. Er wants to bring him back to Middle Land and back to Hanoi... Er wants to ensure that he returns home alive."

Xue Deyin was stunned. Xue Qimei looked at Jia Lan in surprise, her cherry lips slightly opened, incredible.

Jialan's anger suddenly dissipated. He looked at Mrs. Sima with laughter and cry, and then at Xue Deyin, who was stunned. Xue Deyin also looked at Jialan with a look of begging. Qi Niang was "ill" and overwhelmed. Finally, there was a problem. At this moment, she must not stimulate her anymore.

Jialan nodded slightly at Xue Deyin, and the two of them closed their mouths in a tacit understanding and refused to accept Mrs. Sima's words.

"The Western Land's captives pay tribute, and the Western Regions Duwei Mansion will definitely come to Shanshan to welcome you. Your appearance will cause changes in the situation. If the Western Regions Duwei Mansion intends to kill you, you can completely rely on the hands of the Turks." Mrs. Sima said earnestly, "Galan, you must try to escape, otherwise we may not even be able to reach Loulan."

Galan bowed to thank him.

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Of course, it is even happier to meet old friends again, especially when they are resurrected from the dead.

Asina Suro held a banquet, and Mohe set up Asina Nishu, and the three princes of Kucha Baoshan and Yanqi came uninvited. Galan was late and brought a middle-aged man with extraordinary demeanor. From Galan's respectful attitude, it can be seen that this middle-aged man has a good identity, speaks with a straight voice, and has a standard Dongtu Chang'an accent. It is obvious that this man is from Chang'an and is new to him.

Galan introduced him very vaguely, "Mr. Cui...", and passed by, and he was unwilling to tell him about his true identity.

Asanna Nishu, Baoshan King and Pei San Prince immediately focused all their attention on Mr. Cui. While drinking and chatting, they tried every possible way, and the result of the test made the three of them feel more and more uneasy.

Mr. Cui is very talkative, sharp in his lyrics, and knowledgeable. He knows astronomy, geography, and essays. He is very familiar with the past few hundred years of supernatural history, from the Xiongnu to the Xianbei, from the Rouran to the Turks, and whenever he talks about heroes, he is even more passionate and passionate.

"It is very likely that he is from the Cui family in Dongtu." Baoshan Wang is proficient in Chinese and has always acted as a translator. Taking advantage of Mr. Cui's endless praise of Sanlejiu and Prince Pei, he whispered to Ashina Nishu and Prince Pei San, "I'm here in Chang'an, and I'm with Jialan, so I obviously have other plans."

"Galan is resurrected from the dead, there must be a secret here." Prince Pei San touched the black moustache on his lips and said in a pretentious manner. "Since then, after Luo Khan went east to Chang'an, the Old Wolf Mansion changed his master. It is rumored that Jialan was dead. Jialan was the confidant of the old thief Pei Shiju. The new owner of the Old Wolf Mansion must not dare to use the old thief Pei Shiju, so, based on my guess, this person may have been sent by Pei Shiju..."

"If this person was sent by Pei Shiju and was with Jia Lan, there would obviously be only one purpose, to regain control of the Old Wolf Mansion." Ashina Nishu sneered, "I didn't expect Loulan to be more lively than we thought."

"I like Galan." Baoshan King twisted his short beard and looked at Galan who was whispering to Suro, and said with a smile.

"I don't like him, I want to kill him." Prince Pei San suddenly smiled again, "But, except for him snatching love and snatching Su Luo, I can't find a reason to kill him."

"Compared with the Changsun Erlang of the Old Wolf Mansion, Jialan is alone." Baoshan King took a sip of wine, smacked his lips, and said with unsatisfactory feelings.

"When you say this, I feel that the more you see Galan is, the more you like him." Prince Pei San slowly sorted out his two beards and said without any slight penis, "Mo Heshe, would you help him?"

"After all, people will be killed." Asanna Ni was unmoved.

"The wolf in the Old Wolf Mansion is too cunning, so you must be careful." Baoshan King said in a low voice, "We are trying to alienate the Tieler people and the Dongtu people, but they don't have the same idea? Although Da Yehu went to Loulan in person, he might not be able to convince the wolf in the Old Wolf Mansion. Jialan suddenly appeared here, obviously because he had planned. He might need our tacit understanding. If we give him a tacit understanding and cooperate with him to retake the Old Wolf Mansion, then that person will undoubtedly die."

"As long as Galan is not dead, they will come out to take revenge. Those people in the past should know this." Prince Pei San smiled and said, "Mo Heshe, since Galan is here, I will make a statement tonight. Why not give me a favor? Why not do things that are beneficial to others and yourself?"

"I don't like Galan, I don't like Laolang Mansion, and I especially don't like Dongtu people."

"Mo Heshi, the premise of expelling the people of the East is based on the unity of the West." Baoshan King advised, "The most urgent task is to kill that person, and the Laolang Mansion is not trustworthy at all."

"Galan is trustworthy?"

"When the Old Wolf Mansion betrayed Jialan, the man killed Jialan's robe brother again. With Jialan's personality, do you know what he will do."

"Turn the tiger and swallow the wolf?" Asanna Nishu hesitated.

"After all, people will be killed." Baoshan King smiled, "There is a saying in the East, "There is a saying that snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman will benefit. The key now is who will be the last fisherman."

"Old Wolf Mansion obviously wants to be the last fisherman." Prince Pei San smiled sinisterly, "It's a pity that Changsun Erlang never expected that Jia Lan would come, he missed it."

Asanna Mue drank all the glass of Chinese American wine in one sip, "I will make a decision when I report to Da Yehu."

"We'll be in the winter nest tomorrow. Should we do something?" Prince Pei's smile became even more gloomy.

"Play the ball, Polo ball." Baoshan Wang said happily, "We lost to Galan in Xihe back then, and we will definitely win back this time."

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Chapter completed!