It's dawn!

The sun climbed out from the mountain peak in the distance. First, there was a hazy red light, but then, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, the haze became brighter, and the light shone through the mist between heaven and earth, and suddenly it became brighter in front of you. Both sides of the road were green crops, which were rising and falling with the morning breeze, like blue waves. The dewdrops that were originally on the leaves were trembling, and as the leaves rolled, they finally fell from the leaves. Before falling into the dust, crystal dewdrops reflected the rising sun, blooming the last colorful light of their lives.

The scenery is extremely beautiful, but Murong Hai now has no intention of enjoying this paradise-like beautiful scenery, but some of them are just heavy moods.

The son is very smart, the daughter is very beautiful, and the wife is still safe. Although he has suffered a lot, he is finally safe. How great would it be if he doesn't come back! Murong Hai suddenly regretted it. If he doesn't come back, I think Mingren can't take the blame to deal with this orphan and widowed mother?

But I came back just after a while. This time, I completely dragged them down. Na Tian Zhen wanted to move them to Yuejing City. Although the mother and son could live a life of food and clothing without worries from now on, from another perspective, it was also a life of fear.

They thought they were dead and had accepted this fact and their lives were peaceful, but now everything has changed again.

He sighed heavily. If he had known that all this would happen, would he still come back to see them?

After thinking about this question carefully, Murong Hai found that he didn't know how to make a choice at all. It seemed that the right choice was right, but it seemed that it was wrong to choose that one!

A group of people stood at the intersection ahead. Murong Hai paused for a moment and saw the two in the leader, who were his own personal guards. They looked like him, and they were dejected. He was blocked, so how could they be spared?

Seeing Murong Hai coming, the group of men in black didn't say much, but just bowed slightly to Murong Hai, then turned around and got on the horse, galloping in an instant, and left without a trace.

"General!" The two guards walked over with their heads down, and the fear on their faces had not completely dissipated.

"Are you beaten? Are you seriously injured?" Murong Hai asked when he saw the two guards had scars on their faces.

"We suddenly fell into an ambush and resisted instinctively, but the opponent was really powerful and there were many people and were really not the opponent." The guard lowered his head and said authentically.

"I understand, it's not your fault." Murong Hai sighed and said, "Let's go back. This time, hehe, you really fall into the trap. Did you say anything?"

The two guards bowed their heads and remained silent.

"It's not important to say it. Didn't I say it too? This group of people are not human at all!" Thinking of Tian Zhen's insidiousness, Murong Hai cursed in his heart. "Tell you the truth, they took out your sister-in-law and nephew and nieces to threaten me. I have surrendered to Mingguo."

When Mu Konghai said this, his hand was unconsciously held on the hilt of the knife. As long as they had a slight wrong, he would have the intention of killing people to silence them.

The two guards raised their heads, but they both breathed a long breath, and they seemed to have put down a big stone in their hearts, with a relaxed look on their faces.

"General, we actually surrendered."

"Hmm?" Murong Hai stared at them in a daze.

"General, we both want to take two days off, please give us approval."

"What are you doing?" Murong Hai had just asked this, but suddenly remembered that the thick stack of files was now in his arms, as if the family of his two personal guards were in a neighboring county not far from here. The personal guards were asking for leave, so naturally they wanted to go home.

"Will you come back?" he asked. Unlike himself, the status of his two personal guards in Hengduan Mountains is not important. They may never look back. Didn't he have this idea? It was just rejected by Tian Zhen.

"How dare not come back? They also gave us the task. If they did not complete the task, how could they let us go!" A personal guard smiled bitterly: "It would be fine if I was just me, but I still have my father and mother. I can't let them be affected by me, and I can't even be a plain-headed ordinary person!"

"How damn ruthless!" Murong Hai gritted his teeth and cursed angrily. He was all fighting on the battlefield. When it comes to conspiracy and tricks, he really didn't deserve to carry his shoes to Tian Zhen. "Go, I'll wait for you in the county town for two days, and then we go to Hulao Pass, meet with the brothers there, and then go back to Hengduan Mountain."

"Thank you, General." The two personal guards were overjoyed and led one of the three horses left by the men in black behind him to Murong Hai. Then they turned over the horse, bowed to Murong Hai, and galloped away.

Three days later, the three of them met in Zhengyang County, then galloped all the way and ran towards Hulao Pass.

At this time, Hulao Pass was decorated with lights everywhere, filled with a festive atmosphere of sleep. The young marshal was about to get married, and his wife was the granddaughter of the Prince of Kaiping. The team escorted Deng Shu by the imperial court had arrived outside the city and set up a camp outside the city. Just when the auspicious day came, she would enter the city to hold a grand wedding with the young marshal.

The people of Hulao Pass still support the great general Xiao Qiang. Xiao Qiang has been running Hulao Pass for many years and is not so polite to the surrounding prefectures and counties, but he still cares about the people under his nose. In the past two years, with the business roads with Yongping County, a large number of Ming merchants have entered Hulao Pass, and countless employment opportunities have been brought. The pockets of the people in Hulao Pass have become rich. More importantly, because Xiao Qian has earned a lot of gold and silver through these commercial activities, his exploitation of the people has naturally become smaller. In the eyes of the people, this is naturally a virtue of the great general.

Hulao Pass is located at the forefront, and behind him is the middle-aged place of Qin. It was originally the richest place in Qin. However, in the current Hulao Pass people, the prefectures and counties that they envied in the past can only be regarded as beggars now.

Without comparison, there is no harm, but this time it hurts people from other places. There are countless people in the surrounding prefectures and counties who go to Hulao Pass to make a living.

Countless businessmen flocked into Hulao Pass, and countless Qin people who wanted to pursue a better life also flocked to Hulao Pass, making the migrant population here far exceed the local population. Within the wall, the newly-launched residential houses have fallen far and extended far away, more than twice as much as before.

Business is booming and money is in your pocket. In the past two years, I have received countless food from the Ming Dynasty. The food and grass reserved by Hulao Pass are enough to support Xiao Qiang for more than a year, and the weapons have also received great support from the Ming Dynasty. Although I cannot get the latest weapons from the Ming Dynasty, the goods eliminated by the Ming army are much better than the equipment of the Qin army in the past.

The border army is not the Thunder Army of the royal family. The commander is capable, so the soldiers eat meat and drink wine. If they are not capable, they can only endure it when they drink the northwest wind.

It is precisely because of the strong support of the Ming Dynasty that Xiao Qiang's ambitions grew day by day, because now he really doesn't care about the imperial court's neck.

I can buy food and weapons myself, and I can also make some of the Hulao Pass myself. Military pay can be raised through transactions with Ming people. The areas under the control of Hulao army can also be taxed, and there is nothing short of anything. If you want to show me your face, don’t even think about it!

Xiao Qiang felt that he could completely replace Deng Hong's position. Letting his son marry Deng Shu can use this to gather the old Deng family members. Lu Jing, the only one who can tell him that he had a chance to part with him. He heard that there was a conflict with the Ming people in Qingzhou, and the two sides almost fought, which made Xiao Qiang almost laugh out loud. Unfortunately, they did not really fight, otherwise the Ming people would teach Lu Jing a good lesson, and it would be better for Lu Jing to seriously damage his vitality, so that he could only hang his head to him.

Xiao Qiang is full of ambition.

It has to be said that the geographical location of Hulao Pass is really good. Hulao Pass is located in the Hengduan Mountains, and its main purpose is to prevent the attack of Qi people. As the saying goes, one man blocks the pass, and tens of thousands of men cannot open. It is basically impossible for Qi people to break Hulao Pass. As long as there are enough troops and food reserves, it is unlikely to attack it hard. On the other side of Hulao, where the Ming people are junction, there are also mountains and steep obstacles. In the past two years, in order to open up business, you have built your phoenix. The business roads from Yi and Kaiping County were not feasible except that road, and I was not unprepared for the Ming people. This year, on the grounds of protecting the smooth flow of business roads, I sent a force to be stationed on the border of Youfeng County. If the Ming people really do anything, it will be difficult to attack. What I have to be prepared for is the domestic attack. Because externally, Hulao can be said to be as solid as a soup, but internally, Hulao is even an egg shell.

Everything is in control! This is what Xiao Qiang thinks now. Speaking of which, Xiao Qiang does not have much ambitions. At least in Qin Feng's opinion, Xiao Qiang's ambition is not worth mentioning at all. What he thought about was to replace Deng Hong's position and become the leader of Qin. But he did not have Deng Hong's ambition to expand outward, just keep the little things in his own job.

But, can he really hold on?

Whether it is the Ming people or the Qi people, no one is eyeing Hulao Pass. As long as Hulao Pass is taken, Qin can be cut off and cut into two parts. Behind Hulao Pass is the richest place for the Qin people. If this place is lost, Qin will lose the most important place of wealth and will directly fall into a difficult situation.
Chapter completed!