September 21, Gubeikou.

Cui Jiu rushed to Yanle City, the capital of Anle County half a month ago.

Yanle City is located on the west bank of Baoqiu River and at the foot of Wohu Mountain. It is only more than 20 miles away from Gubeikou on Panlong Mountain on the east bank of Baoqiu River. The important town of Yanle, Gubeikou, and the Great Wall built on the top of the mountain form a solid Gubeikou defense line.

Anle County is very small, similar to a middle-class county in Zhuo County. The reason why it was specially established as a county is because of its historical origins. It was once one of the three counties of Anzhou. Its existence represents the desire of Middle-earth to regain Anzhou. Anzhou was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was the birthplace of the Xianbei people. At that time, Anle County was located on the eastern foot of Mayu Mountain, and its capital was Sanhui City, which was not in the Great Wall at all. The Northern Wei Dynasty split, and the Xi tribe took the opportunity to invade and erode, and Rushui

A large area of ​​territory in the north was actually destroyed, and the territory of Anzhou shrank sharply. However, in order to preserve the ancestral property of the Xianbei people in Anzhou, it immediately expanded its territory to the Miyun area within the Great Wall, and named the new territory Anle County. During the Sino-Turkish Unification War, the heroes fought for hegemony and were too busy to take care of themselves. In order to restore the country, the old ministers of the Northern Qi even led wolves into the house. As a result, all the Anzhou areas outside the Great Wall were captured, leaving only the Anle County in the Great Wall to be preserved.

Anzhou is the ancestral property of the Xianbei people in the hearts of the Xianbei people. It is a holy land that cannot be desecrated or abandoned. From then on, Anle County has undertaken the important task of regaining lost land and squeezing shame. Therefore, although Anle County is a border town and like Huaihuang, its historical status and administrative level are higher than Huaihuang. The generals of Gubeikou Town also served as the prefect of Anle County, integrating military and political power in order to better assume the mission of regaining Anzhou. However, due to various complex reasons, the small land of Anzhou occupied by the Xi tribe has been delayed in being recovered by Middle-earth. It seems that even the Xianbei people in the Hanghe Xianbei people have chosen to forget that their ancestral land is still being trampled by foreign captives.

He is currently the general of Gubeikou Town, and the prefect of Anle County is Guo Xuan, a descendant of the wealthy Guo family in Taiyuan. The Wang family in Taiyuan is one of the five major families in Shandong, followed by the Guo family in Taiyuan. The Guo family in Taiyuan was also inherited from generation to generation by classics. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a scholar-in-law Guo Linzong, and in Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms, there was a general in the Western Jin Dynasty, Guo Huai, because he was a royal relative. After the Yongjia rebellion, the Guo family declined, until the Northern Wei rises again. The power of the Guo family in Taiyuan once surpassed the Wang family in Taiyuan. Later, the Northern Wei split, and the Guo family in Taiyuan was divided into two parts. One remained in Shandong to be loyal to the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and the other entered the west to serve the Western Wei and Northern Zhou. The people who entered the pass were the most powerful. Among them, the General of the Left Wu Guard, who had passed away, Guo Yan, the Marquis of Zhending, and Guo Rong, the General of the Left Guard, were most trusted by the Holy Lord.

Guo Xuan is Guo Yan's younger brother. He was previously a Lang general in the Three Guards and Five Prefectures of the Imperial Guards. Among the guards, he was a subordinate of Duan Da and had close relatives with Duan Da. Duan reached Zhuo County and needed a capable subordinate, so he tried his best to lobby and transferred him over. Guo Xuan was a little confused when he arrived at the first time. In addition, the local forces were complicated and he was a little busy. Fortunately, there were marriage relationships between wealthy families, and Guo was deeply favored. In recent years, there were more wealthy families who took the initiative to marry, including the two super wealthy families of Fanyang and the Cui family, so Guo Xuan naturally asked for help from the Lu family and Cui family, and soon he stood firm in Youzhou and took advantage of the unique advantages of Anle County to make a fortune.

Duan Da did not tell Guo Xuan the secret behind the sudden change in Yanbei that Guo Xuan's identity and status have not reached the level of learning the secrets of the top leaders. However, with Guo Xuan's vision, knowledge and various information he could get, he still guessed something from it. It was just that it was not his own and he was on high. He didn't want to and dare to participate in the battle for the imperial throne. However, the development of the matter was far beyond his expectations. No matter whether he wanted or dared, he could not escape the violent impact of the surging tide that was set off by Youyan.

When Cui Jiu arrived in Yanle City, the first person to visit Guo Xuan was Guo Xuan. Although Cui Jiu was a member of the Cui family, he had a high status and a heavy weight. Even if Guo Xuan looked down on him, he did not dare to be neglected on his face. What is particularly important is that in recent times, the situation in northern Hebei and northern Yanbei was violently turbulent. Boling even broke out in a major case of Song Zixian conspiring to assassinate the Saint Lord. Cui was at the forefront of the storm and was in danger. It seemed safe and sound, but in fact it was full of dangers. If it was not done well, it would cause a disaster of overturn. In this dangerous situation, Cui Jiu suddenly appeared in the important town of Yanle and visited the border of Gubeikou, which must have an important purpose, not just to go back to the border city or visit relatives and friends. Therefore, Guo Xuan attached great importance to it, with high-standard reception, and indirect responses, trying to figure out the reason in case of an accident.

Cui Jiu was frank and told him frankly that it was not that he was coming to Gubeikou, but that the Twelve Lady was coming, so he had to entourage him.

Guo Xuan immediately realized that the trouble was coming. The Twelve Lady had a special status. She was once the daughter-in-law of the Holy Lord. Although she was deposed by the late emperor, Prince Yuande was still obsessed with. The Eastern Palace delayed the establishment of the official concubine and was waiting for her. The Holy Lord and the Queen also intended to marry Cui again. However, this involved a complex political struggle and was not a problem that could be solved by an imperial edict. However, at the critical moment, Prince Yuande died and the matter was left unresolved. Because the Holy Lord and the Queen missed their son and loved the house and the Wu, they looked at the Twelve Lady differently, and regarded it as a few things and loved them very much.

.The Twelve Lady became a "hot commodity". All the wealthy families were attracted by this precious "political resource", but the rare things were precious, so the competition was very fierce. The Twelve Lady came from a thriving family and suffered political hardships. She was mature in her mind and was far from comparable to her peers. She was very independent and waited for a price. She not only had to sell it at a good price, but also had to make long-term investments. She could not feed the dog in vain and also had to lose her life. But this was secondary. What was important was that her fate was always controlled by the Holy Lord. Even if she wanted to escape, she did not have that power.

Now Cui is in crisis, and the Holy Lord is in Linshuo Palace, close to Boling. According to principles, the Twelve Lady should go to Linshuo Palace to plead with the Holy Lord, instead of hiding behind Cui Jiu and appearing quietly in Gubeikou, unless there is a "spicy medicine" here to save Cui from danger.

Guo Xuan couldn't think of any "elixir" here in Gubeikou that could help Cui resolve the crisis. Besides, Cui is a "tower tree". Even if there is a crisis, it will not hurt the root cause. Shandong's number one wealthy family has a deep foundation. For thousands of years, it has only seen the change of dynasties but not the defeat of Cui. Therefore, Guo Xuan is willing to "stop the timely help". As long as it does not harm the interests of himself and Guo, he is obliged to help.

Guo Xuan had a clear position and a clear attitude, and immediately won Cui Jiu's gratitude. The next day, Guo Xuan left the city and met the Twelve Lady who was hiding in the temple outside the city. The Twelve Lady said vaguely, and the mountains were foggy, but there was one sentence that Guo Xuan understood. There might be an opportunity here in Gubeikou. If it appeared and was firmly grasped, Cui could resolve the crisis, and Guo Xuan could make great contributions without any effort and be promoted.

After Guo Xuan returned, he was puzzled. What opportunities would be here in Gubeikou? There must be no inside the Great Wall. There is a Xi tribe outside the Great Wall. King Ah Hui of Xi was entrusting Hechenshui to fight fiercely with the Khitans. If there is an opportunity, it would be a chance to benefit Zhongtu. Unless Ah Hui was defeated, the five armies of the Xi tribe were wiped out, and the Xi tribe was in a crisis of life and death. In the end, he had to ask Zhongtu for help, and Zhongtu took the opportunity to send troops to recover Anzhou. But this requires the premise, the premise is that the Turks will not send troops. If the Turks send troops, Zhongtu will also send troops, and the war between the north and the south will break out early, which is obviously not acceptable to Zhongtu.

However, what happened next made Guo Xuan realize that there might be a great opportunity here in Gubeikou, because Lu Junxian of the Lu family of Fanyang came, Li family of Zhaojun and Liu family of Zhongshan also came, and the five major families of Youyan, Zou family, Jian family, Yan family, Shao family, and Yuan family were all here, and they were all well-known and spoken people in the family. This is enough to show that Gubeikou has huge benefits that he cannot see. Otherwise, the wealthy families in northern Ji and Youyan would never have been able to flock to him.

On the afternoon of September 21, Lu Junxian, Liu Shanbo, Cui Jiu and Li Sixing from the four wealthy families visited Guo Xuan and made a request, hoping to obtain Guo Xuan's consent and send some subordinates out of the Gubeikou Great Wall and join the Hujia caravans who went out of the frontier to Panlong Fort, the first fortress set up by the Xi tribe in Yanshan.

Guo Xuan pondered silently. Although there were endless merchants from Gubeikou, the number of people and goods for customs clearance were strictly limited. On the one hand, it was for border security and preventing sabotage and spies from both the north and the south from sabotaging the destruction, and on the other hand, it was to investigate the ban and private information. Neither contraband nor smuggled goods could be out of customs. Of course, there were policies and countermeasures at the top. It was one thing to have regulations, and actual implementation was another thing.

For wealthy families, there are various methods of passing through the test, and there is no need to pass Guo Xuan at all. Now they jointly make this request. There is only one reason, that is, a large number of illegal and smuggled goods are out of the test. The number is so large that it has exceeded the upper limit and has endangered its lives. Except for him, the highest official of the Gubeikou defense line, no one on the defense line dares to open and close the door.

Guo Xuan had been weighing the pros and cons, but he did not dare to agree, but he would definitely offend the four wealthy families and the five major families in Yanbei. Once he offended all these "local snakes", his good days would come to an end. Even if Duan Da was covering him, he would have only a few times in Gubeikou.

"The situation on the opposite side has been very tense recently. The horse thieves on the Bashang Plateau burned, killed, plundered and plundered on both sides of the Dayao River, and did everything evil. The five armies of the Xi tribe were on the expedition outside and were empty inside. Both the Xi Prince's Mansion and Bai Tan were unable to encircle and suppress the troops, resulting in the disconnection between the Xi Prince's Mansion and Bai Tan. A large number of merchants had to stay in Panlong Fort and Bai Tan, which was severely blocked by the North and South Huiyi. In this situation, the Liukou Mansion was very concerned about Gubeikou, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at the pass. If there was any slight movement, it would be transmitted to Duan Liuwang's ears, and there was no way to hide it."

Guo Xuan refused to say goodbye, and Lu Junxian, Cui Jiu and others did not make things difficult for him, so they said goodbye and left. However, the pressure from the four wealthy families to join forces was too great. Guo Xuan hurriedly left the city to visit the Twelve Lady without waiting for darkness.

=
Chapter completed!