The Spring Festival is approaching. Although the Spring Festival is not as important as the Shangyuan Festival in the hearts of the Tang Dynasty, it is still a very important festival for the soldiers fighting abroad, especially in half a month, the Shangyuan Festival, so the Spring Festival can be regarded as a preparatory festival for the Shangyuan Festival. Therefore, before the Spring Festival comes, the entire army begins to prepare.

Su Dingfang rode on his horse and patrolled along the streets of Gaochang City. When Gaochang people on the street saw Su Dingfang and the Tang army behind him, they all showed a look of awe. The originally crowded street also gave up the middle position, and they didn't even dare to get close to it.

Some time ago, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang led a large army to besiege Gaochang City. As a result, the current Gaochang King Qu Zhisheng saw that there were problems outside and there were problems inside, so he opened the city gate and surrendered very decisively. So the Tang army directly occupied Gaochang City. Because Gaochang was originally a country established by the Han people, various customs and habits in the country were very similar to the Central Plains and were not particularly resistant to the Tang army. Therefore, the Tang army took over Gaochang City very smoothly.

Gaochang City is the capital of Gaochang. The Tang army occupied it, so Gaochang was destroyed. However, there are some other cities in Gaochang Country. The weather is too cold now, and the Tang army has no time to take it over, so they stay in Gaochang City for the time being and stabilize the attacked territory first.

Gaochang is a powerful country in the Western Regions, and Gaochang City is one of the most prosperous cities in the Western Regions. After capturing Gaochang City, Hou Junji counted the household registration in Gaochang City and found that the population in the entire city reached more than 37,000. Although this number is very insignificant compared to the millions of Chang'an, Gaochang City is already an amazing city for the vast and sparsely populated Western Regions.

Su Dingfang was Hou Junji's deputy and is now mainly responsible for the public security in Gaochang City. In fact, there is nothing big happening every day. After all, nearly 30,000 of the nearly 40,000 people in Gaochang City are Han people, and the rest of the Hu people were also influenced by the Han style. They are not as barbaric as other Hu people. Therefore, after the Tang army occupied Gaochang City, public security was restored well. In addition, the Tang army was strict in discipline, so the people in the city also became simple to fear the Tang army from the beginning to the awe of now, and their life in the city has also returned to normal.

The inspection team walked along the most prosperous street in Gaochang. Although there were many Han people in Gaochang City, most of them moved here many years ago. Even Gaochang City was built by troops from the Han Dynasty who were farming here. Therefore, the Han people here were also influenced by the Western Regions, resulting in Gaochang City not being as neat as the cities in the Central Plains. Residential and commercial areas were mixed together, and the streets were filled with sheds, which looked very messy.

Su Dingfang was patrolling and looking at the scenery in Gaochang City. Although the entire Gaochang City cannot be compared with the big cities in the Central Plains, it also has a unique exotic flavor, especially the buildings in it are mixed with some Central Plains styles, which looks interesting.

The road Su Dingfang inspected was the main trunk of Gaochang City, which led to the direction of the palace. So in a short while, Su Dingfang saw the palace in front of him that looked more like a temple. Because the Buddhist style in the Western Regions was prosperous, Gaochang was no exception. Therefore, there were temples everywhere in the entire Gaochang City, and even the palace was built a large temple. Whenever a monk passed by, he would be treated well by Gaochang. For example, Li Xiu's old friend Xuanzang was once kept by King Gaochang for several days, hoping that he could stay. In the end, Xuanzang threatened to take a hunger strike, which made King Gaochang let him go.

Just when Su Dingfang's team came to the palace gate of Gaochang Palace, he saw that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had already been replaced in front of the palace gate. The palace gate was now open, and through the palace gate, you could see that there seemed to be many large cars parked inside, which made him a little curious. When he entered the palace gate, the soldiers guarding him knew him, so naturally he did not dare to take on his deputy general manager.

When Su Dingfang entered the palace, he found that teams of soldiers were carrying some treasures in the palace warehouse to the carriage under the command of some generals. After saying that after capturing Gaochang City, Qu Zhisheng immediately moved out of the palace. Because there were a lot of wealth in the palace, not to mention anything else, the treasure house of the palace alone was very amazing. Therefore, the palace was immediately sealed by Hou Junji. It seemed that it was not until today that the treasures in the palace began to be counted, and even Hou Junji stood not far away to monitor.

"See General!" Su Dingfang saw Hou Junji, and immediately rushed forward to salute. This time he served as Hou Junji's deputy for the first time. He also realized the difficulty of doing things under Hou Junji. Speaking of which, although Hou Junji is proficient in military tactics, he is arbitrary in the army and does not allow any doubts at all. For this reason, Su Dingfang also listened to the suggestions of Li Xiu, Cheng Yaojin and others, and never fought with Hou Junji, so the two got along quite well.

"Well, there is no need to be too polite!" Hou Junji nodded slightly when he saw Su Dingfang, then pointed to the big carts in front of him and said with a smile, "Dingfang, look, in a small Western Region country in Gaochang, there are so many treasures in the palace, especially various gems, gold and other objects. It is simply countless, which makes people dazzled!"

"The Western Regions are originally a major transportation route. If we want to buy goods from the Tang Dynasty in the West, we must pass here. Gaochang is entrenched here, so we naturally have to collect money. It is normal for these gold, silver and jewelry in the palace to have them." Su Dingfang also smiled and said.

However, just as Su Dingfang finished speaking, he suddenly looked at the army transporting treasures again, and then asked in confusion: "General, have these property been registered? Why haven't I seen the recorded personnel?"

"What are you doing when you register and make a book?" Hou Junji smiled calmly when he heard Su Dingfang's words, and even had a hint of complacent smile.

"This..." Su Dingfang was stunned again, and then asked in confusion, "If you don't register and make a book, how can you send it back to Chang'an? What if you lose a few items along the way, you can't even find them if you want to?"

"Haha, Dingfang, no matter what stupid things you say, these are our spoils, and there is no need to hand them over to the court!" Hou Junji smiled calmly again.

"What? This..." Su Dingfang was shocked when he heard that Hou Junji actually regarded the property in the palace as spoils, because according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the stolen goods could be owned by individuals. If King Gaochang did not surrender and Gaochang City was defeated by the Tang army, then these things could be barely divided into the spoils. However, Gaochang Xiancheng surrendered, so Hou Junji clearly wanted to greed for these property as existing, which was a bit too much.

"What? Dingfang, do you think there is anything wrong with it?" Just as Su Dingfang was about to say something, he didn't expect that Hou Junji gave him a cold look. Although his tone was still plain, he already had a bit of a sense of sternness.

Seeing the expression on Hou Junji's face, Su Dingfang couldn't help but feel cold. He immediately thought of the advice of Li Xiu and Cheng Yaojin, and immediately smiled hurriedly and said, "The general misunderstood. The general just felt that these spoils were too expensive, and he was worried that the soldiers below would be clumsy and damaged!"

Su Ding was only able to survive in the army, so he was naturally not a fool, especially now that the army is on an expedition, Hou Junji is in charge of the life and death of everyone in the army. It can be said that as long as he says, no one will dare to say anything if he kills himself, the deputy general manager. As for returning to Chang'an in the future, he can just accuse himself of a crime. After all, there are too many death rows in the military camp. Even if Li Shimin knows the truth, with Hou Junji's current contributions and status, Li Shimin will probably not really kill Hou Junji, and he will die in vain by then.

It was precisely because of the above that Su Ding chose to protect himself very wisely. At worst, he would go back to Chang'an and discuss this matter with Li Xiu. Then someone would naturally deal with Hou Junji.

"Haha, Dingfang, you are indeed a smart person. When you go back, you will naturally be inseparable from your part!" Hou Junji saw Su Dingfang change his words, and immediately smiled proudly. He liked this feeling of power very much. Even if he was a general of Xiaoyong, he had to obey him when he saw him.

Su Dingfang was also shocked when he heard that Hou Junji wanted to give him one, because he knew that this was not Hou Junji's kindness, and he wanted to pull him into the water. In this way, he did not dare to easily expose this matter.

"Thank you, General!" Although he knew that Hou Junji was not kind, Su Dingfang still had to accept it. If he didn't accept it now, it would be clear that he would draw a clear line with Hou Junji. With the other party's suspicious personality, he might find an excuse to kill himself, so Su Dingfang could only pretend to obey.

Seeing Su Dingfang agreeing to accept the "trophy", Hou Junji finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, and then he ignored the other party. Su Dingfang also used the excuse that he had to patrol Gaochang City and retreated from the palace. After dark, Hou Junji indeed sent a cart of property to Su Dingfang's residence, and Su Dingfang took it away without hesitation, but he secretly registered the property so that he could hand it over in the future so that the fire would not burn him.

Hou Junji was used to being domineering in the army, so he did not deliberately conceal the wealth of the Gaochang Palace. As a result, in just a few days, it spread throughout the army. As the saying goes, the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked, and Hou Junji greed for the wealth of the lower palace to make himself rich, and the other generals in the army could not help it. As a result, the dignitaries and nobles in Gaochang City were harmed. From time to time, the Tang army casually charged them and were confiscated. As for the property they collected, they were naturally corrupt by these people. Gaochang City, which was originally very safe, was also in chaos for a while, and everyone in the city was in danger!
Chapter completed!